Not In My Backyard Or Your Backyard

This house looks pretty innocuous from the outside but it is the source of neighborly tension and miles of red tape in Wesley Heights. Despite the good looking front, the rest of the house is falling apart but the owners (who don't live in it) want to keep it for sentimental reasons. The neighbors aren't buying it. Click over for the whole saga and a shot of the tarp-covered back of the house. [WaPo]