New Port Richey along US19 Elfers/Holidy
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12/19/2014
I have lived here since 2004 when I bought my house here. I work in Pinellas county but could only afford Pasco at the time. I had only planned to live here for 5 years. Now, since the housing bubble popped, my house has been upside down on its mortgage. It is likely I will never see it the same value again. Since I have a VA loan, I cannot foreclose without owing the government the difference of what it would sell at auction. The crime has risen since 2004 and the old people have died and replaced with renters. The house acrossed from me has had drug activity. Multiple cars, the jeans below the boxers thing and the boom box all weekend all nights that shook my house. Both houses on each side of me are empty. One of the houses was broken into and homeless people where living there 10 ft from my bedroom window. It can be scary to live here. A house down the street has been spray painted since 2009. If you call Pasco County code enforcement they will tell you there is no ordinance against graffiti. I have the email to prove it. The City of New Port richey does have an ordinance but I am not within the city limits even though I have a New Port Richey address. I have to rely on the County Sheriff. I live along US 19 between Elfers and Holiday but have a NPR zipcode. There is a lot of crime here, a lot of businesses that are empty and the gutted out along US19. I do litterally cry alot about my situation and am very depressed because I cannot sell because it's upside down and I cannot foreclose without owing the VA. It's not a safe place for a single women or anyone with kids. Don't leave your lawn mower out if you go in to get a drink of water or else it will dissapear. Oh and the guy behind me runs a pit bull ring but when I called Pasco Animal services he just got out of the truck and talked to the dog owners girlfriend in the front yard but never did a welfare check on the dog in the back even though the I watched him beat the dog through my fence. This place is horrible. Another house had its font door wide open for a couple of weeks, and then there was yellow tape acrossed it. I've also seen toddlers running around in diapers on the street on my way to work unattended. The county will not help the stray cat situation either. Pasco Animal Services is on the other side of the county and they do not take stray cats at all. They have a no kill policy, so their solution is to not take strays. I have gotten 7 cats around my house fixed and then released them back into the neighboorhood because they just keep muliplying. Pinellas and Hillsboro County Animal Services will not take animals from other counties either, so it's a poor county for animals as well. I feel sorry for any human or animal that gets stuck here.
Stacie | Elfers, FL