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Owners abandon flood-damaged homes
Rita Rivera-Carson in the driveway of her Austell neighborhood in front of several abandoned neighbors' homes. The neighbors walked away from homes that were flooded in the Sept. 2009 flood. Since the flood destroying most of the homes in her neighborhood she’s been drowning in mortgage payments. She's been advised by number of real estate agents to just walk away, but obstacles she had to overcome to buy the home in 2005 makes walking away seem impossible.




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Rita Rivard-Carson in the driveway of her Austell neighborhood in front of several abandoned neighbors' homes. The neighbors walked away from homes that were flooded in the Sept. 2009 flood.
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