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Foreclosure Time is Party Time!

by Jarrett Martineau | June 30, 2008 at 11:14 am

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Kids sure do love abandoned houses, no matter what the reason for their abandonment. So here's a word to the wise: if you're forced to foreclose on your mansion and move outta town, be warned that a "presumably 'raging'" party could soon occupy every available inch of your freshly vacated digs. It seems bad news for the U.S. economy is amazing news for the reckless debauchery of the teen party scene. Watch out, Ed McMahon, an impromptu teen star search is coming to your own backyard this Saturday night.

With a wanton lack of sympathy for the mortgage meltdown and ensuing credit crisis, teenagers in one California community are using abandoned foreclosed homes as venues for unchaperoned—and presumably "raging"—drinking parties.
From NBC 4 in Burbank, Calif.:

"With the increasing number of homes being foreclosed upon, what we're finding is people vacate these homes, other people are coming in and using these homes, often times for parties and gatherings," said David Keith of the Oxnard Police Department.

Police said the parties can involve alcohol, drugs, and sometimes more, KNBC's Gordon Tokumatsu reported.

Sadly, the only teenagers able to grasp the economic significance of widespread home foreclosures are not nearly cool enough to be invited to one of these parties.