[Kevin]

It's not so hard for a small house to do a complete 180. You need to convince your leadership (or become leadership and convince the membership) that there is a problem.

I think that being angry with your house and not acting on it is not only frustrating, but cannot really resolve the problem.

Rather than being negative, be positive and try to help the other folks in your house to understand that image IS important. People will not even take the time to get to know you unless you show them a positive image.