An MoD spokesman described Chelsea as a 1960s eyesore and said a move to the striking location of Woolwich was genuinely good news for the guards people and their families.

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"Even those of us who live there agree that it's an eyesore, " said John Moss, chairman of Arlington House Residents' Association.

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"It's going to produce more tax dollars than before when it was a vacant eyesore, " he said.

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Rosemary Wright, from the Middleport Community Association, said the land had been an "eyesore" since the renewal scheme had been scrapped.

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Councillor Chris Hughes said the town's railway station was an "eyesore" which attracted vandals.

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Anna Lo of the Alliance Party said undeveloped and abandoned sites were "not only an eyesore but they also bring health and safety concerns".

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Though the specifics of what will happen to the Seffner property remain unknown, Randazzo said the hole would have to be filled to keep people from falling in it and to remove a potential neighborhood eyesore.

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