HOUSTON – It looks like a patch of wilderness dropped into the middle of a proud Houston neighborhood — years of unchecked growth have turned into what neighbors call a “jungle” just a few doors down from their homes.
“It’s something I absolutely dread every time I step out my front door,” says Paul Holly, who lives a short walk from the overgrown lot on Salina Street, near Wippreght Street and Collingsworth Street in the city’s Fifth Ward.
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“You can see how weeds and grass become weeds, weeds become bushes, and bushes become trees. Yeah, I mean, this is a jungle. That’s 10 years’ worth of growth. And it’s right next to our house.”
What began as tall grass has mushroomed into thick bushes and saplings that have swallowed the sidewalk and clogged the neighborhood drainage ditch, residents say…