Why is Mr Walsh responsible for the finances of the Goon Docks
Data:(Changing the subject) Hey, any of you guys ever hear of Detroit?
Mikey: No.
Mouth: Soitenly. That's where Motown started. It's also got the highest murder rate in the country.
Data: Well let me tell you what. That's where we're moving when we lose our house tomorrow.
Mikey: You shut up about that stuff. It'll never happen. My dad'll fix it.
Brand: Yeah, sure he will. If he gets his next four hundred paycheques by tomorrow afternoon.
Mikey: That's wrong Brand. It won't happen!
When the subject of saving the Goon Docks comes up, Mikey and Brand imply that the financial problems hinge on Mr Walsh being unable to pay bills/enough money to keep Troy's father from foreclosing.
Why is Mr Walsh the only one responsible when we know that there are other families living there who should be at least partly responsible for the financial security of the area. Why would Data's family be affected by the Walsh's inability to pay their own bills?
Best Answer
"Common, Walsh, there's fifty more house to tear down after yours!" emphasis Troy's.
The Walsh'es and their neighbors face foreclosure (for some legally questionable reason) on their homes from the expanding Astoria Country Club. Presumably the Walsh family lives between the country club and everyone else.
However, it seems unreasonable that the 50 families in the area all can't pay their mortgage and taxes and are facing foreclosure. Rather, they have been made offers they can not refuse and the Walsh'es are the one family thought even remotely capable of refusing the offer to be bought out. Everyone probably hates Mr. Walsh now. Data's family would not be able to afford/need moving to Detroit. Data is angry just like the rest of the kids because they're all going to move away from each other. The paper at the end is a 'final notice' not a 'notice of foreclosure'. Besides, you get foreclosed on, you don't sign for it.
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