@Frank Rizzo  was the soot the symptom of the issue or is it what came out the chimney during repair?   

Glaeser believes the riots were a symptom of the city's already downward trajectory:While the 1967 riots are seen as a turning point in the city’s fortunes, Detroit’s decline began in the 1950s, during which the city lost almost a tenth of its population.

We only have a single vacant unit (the one we are renovating), so have not been hurt by our decision.Poor pets, or child, behaviour is only the symptom, not the cause ... the actual problem lays with the owners/parents.

How can you make an insurance company take someone with a pre-existing condition like Lupus, leukemia, diabetes and not have their costs go up? 

IMO you are focusing on the symptoms, not the disease.

You probably haven't seen the slugs when you've been there because they usually only come out at night, early morning.Our slugs were a symptom of moisture in the crawl space caused by leaking pipes.  

Work on your symptoms.  

Maybe this is more of a symptom rather than the problem. 

“The drop-off in household formations could be an anomaly due to noisy data, or it could be a symptom of the lack of supply of housing,” Freddie Mac stated in the report.

The mold that grows in KY isn't really really bad for your health other than allergy type symptoms.