I lived here in red house the early 60s. The '67 riots reached to within a mile of here. The only difference then and now is the tall oak is gone. The other houses were plain white then. This neighborhood has not only been well-tended, it's been improved. 
This is about 2 miles further out. In the mid-late 50s it was a brand-new development of cheaply-built cookie-cutter single-family homes, each with a sapling in the middle of the front yard, for a newly-prosperous middle class. I can't tell which one I lived in, and it might not even be in this picture. It's still not fancy, but these 50 - 60 year old houses are not falling apart.
What a contrast to nearby Detroit. *Something* made a huge difference.