By the 1960's, the neighborhood had deteriorated and many of the church's prosperous members had moved to the suburbs.

Never mind that the neighborhood has been deteriorating for years, plagued by problems similar to those facing other cities around the country.

For those who had watched the neighborhood deteriorate even before the brewery was closed in 1986, Monday was a reason to celebrate.

The surrounding neighborhood deteriorated almost as fast as the weeds grew up around the factory.

Through the 1990s, as the neighborhoods around it deteriorated and became unsafe, the mall felt the repercussions.

At one time, the neighborhood had deteriorated, but the police have been more visible in the last few years.

For years, property-owners had let the neighborhood deteriorate as the city introduced, then dropped, one revitalization plan after another.

Perhaps their neighborhoods have deteriorated or they can't pay their heating bills.

"It's such a shame that the neighborhoods where you find them deteriorate so fast."

The neighborhood has deteriorated over the past number of decades, however, due to the low socioeconomic level of its residents.