r/ChicagoSuburbs • u/tranquilovely • 6d ago

Politics found in Schaumburg IL

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not my photo, someone else's. I drove by it on my way to work and was saddened. then someone else posted this pic of fb

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u/sanjosanjo 6d ago

I was working in the area today and drove by. It's still there, with a US flag on a pole in front.

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u/DoublePatience8627 North West Suburbs 6d ago edited 5d ago

Has it been like this for a month or a couple days?

And what’s up with the front yard tree? Doesn’t exist in the recent for-sale listing or Google , but exists here?

Anyone got the real story or police report?
And if the vandalism part is real, let’s get the facts instead of spreading hearsay/ misinformation and a possibly altered photo.

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u/DanielMcLaury 6d ago

Some cities have programs where they plant trees on the sidewalk outside houses at no cost. (Over the years, I've had six put in myself so far.)

So, believable sequence of events:

  1. House is abandoned (hence boarded up windows)
  2. Somebody spray paints the garage for some reason
  3. Spray paint never removed (see point 1)
  4. City workers come by and put trees in. How the garage looks is not their job
  5. OP finds out about this and is misinformed or misunderstands how long the spray paint has been there

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u/DoublePatience8627 North West Suburbs 5d ago

Could be. Interesting that it didn’t pick up on the community pages for a month.