If you have ever driven down Southern Avenue SE toward the Suitland Parkway and looked out of your window, you would be greeted by a shocking site. Perhaps you thought you had somehow stumbled out of the District of Columbia and into a foreign country in the middle of an armed conflict. Burned out cars (no less than four),  broken windows, tall grass and balconies littered with toys, satellite dishes and household items are reminiscent of a family fleeing in the middle of the night.  The main doors are open, nothing is secure and the feeling is that something horrible happened here. This isn't a village on the other side of the world,  this is an apartment complex located in the nation's capital!