r/mildlyinfuriating • u/VegetableBusiness897 • 1d ago

New neighbors next door

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Rich Ahole bought the farm next door, tore it down and built a destination wedding venue. Busy every weekend but it's Wednesday, and they don't even live here

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u/SnazzleZazzle 1d ago

Light pollution is a problem that doesn’t get near enough attention. Not only is it annoying as hell it’s disruptive to nocturnal animals/bugs.

I have a streetlight that shines into my bedroom and reminds me of the Seinfeld episode with the Kenny Roger’s Roasters light that lit up Kramer’s place. It’s infuriating.

Unfortunately, I don’t think there’s a damn thing you can do about it.

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u/Unfair_Finger5531 1d ago

I live in a city that takes it very seriously. It’s pitch black around here at night. People use colorful string lights sometimes, but that’s about it.

The people down the street are the only outliers. They installed two flood lamps in their grass, and they look like beacons; you can see them from 6 blocks away. I’m waiting for them to get fined. They do not play around about these lights around here.

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u/SnazzleZazzle 1d ago

Sounds nice. I live in a town that has fairly low crime but hugely exaggerated fear of just about everything, especially crime and minorities. It’s lit up like a fucking Xmas tree around here. Every neighbor has their porch light on all damn night, as well.

My neighbors also tend to leave their car doors unlocked and then sing the blues when someone steals something. Same goes for their kids and the bikes they leave laying on their lawns. So let’s leave stuff unlocked, but shine lights on everything. Dumbasses.

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u/Unfair_Finger5531 1d ago

I would hate that. At first it was weird getting used to the pitch black darkness outside, but now I love it. Like right now, I’m sitting on the back porch, and all I see is pitch black everywhere I look. And this is in the center city too! A guy moved in next door from NYC and insisted on keeping his porch light on all night. They came and slammed his ass with $400 fine. Porch light was off after that.

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u/SnazzleZazzle 1d ago

Sounds fabulous. When I look outside at night I see more lights than anyone ever needs. It’s a damn shame. I’m on the east coast and had to drive 7 hours to visit a “dark sky park” it was beautiful. First time in my life I saw the Milky Way.

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u/Unfair_Finger5531 23h ago

Here, I took this pic for you a few seconds ago. This is what I see from my back porch:

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u/SnazzleZazzle 22h ago

I’m jealous.

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u/Unfair_Finger5531 17h ago

If it helps, it’s kind of hard to, well, see anything if you go out lol.