He says that he recognizes the political bent from phrases like "Eat the Rich" but also wonders if the political message could be sent without defacing someone's home.



"I empathize with a lot of things that are happening in the world, but I don't think that's the right approach."



Other vandalism included a smashed pickup truck window.



All of it bothered Mario Estany, who says he's lived near 29th Avenue East for 11 years, kept an eye on things, even cleaned his own street, only to see furniture dumped on corners, and now spray-painted properties,



"I sweep because I love to do community service … It's so wrong," he said of the graffiti.



Estany says the lesson to not deface things came at an early age in his native Cuba.



"I want to write something on the walls in my house in Cuba. They say, 'NO, you have paper!'"



Madison Valley has seen changes that some would call gentrification. Newer homes, new construction and some remodeling are the norm, and in 2018, Seattle is poised to keep changing in a similar fashion, and some class conflict could come with it.