If you are talking about the east side of Cleveland, it is depressed, but you can buy cheap, rents are high and you have the support of Police and fire from the City Of Cleveland.

This sounds like a case of one depressed individual, not an epidemic.

Prices are still fairly depressed in Laconia compared to surrounding towns.

It talks about what led to the great depression, the dot.com bust, and most recently the 07/08 housing market crash.

The guy made millions during the Great Depression.

Current area depressed looking for a better neighborhood (ours is ideal).

That would've been depressing!).

Even if the record owners have lost interest, due to relocation, drugs/alcohol, other disorders, incarceration or death, neighbors and community government people and secured creditor "people" care. 

I'm wondering if the region is economically depressed or something.

I probably have a little compulsive disorder of some kind, whatever I get into I just go at it 24/7, eat, sleep, walk and talk it, as a way of life.