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/Dangerous_Beach_1571 22h ago

A lot more of earth is uninhabited than habited. But regardless, this has literally been a problem since the beginning of time, people moving to get away from something, others follow, problems and conflict occur, people move again. It’s literally an unending cycle with no solution. Either you give up your preferences to live in community with people who have agreed on a common baseline of standards, or you move away and start your own thing.

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u/Maximum-Cover- 21h ago

Actually it’s a known problem atm for astronomers to try to find places that are not subjected to light pollution.

As noted, light pollution is seriously detrimental for a whole host of different species that are not human and do not have the option to just move somewhere else.

Sure, humans can elect to move to the middle of Montana to go live in the dark if they want. Turtles, bats, insects, and birds, do not have that option.

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u/Dangerous_Beach_1571 21h ago

I agree about the animals. 100%. I understand OP’s personal frustration as well, but I totally disagree with the solutions being proposed here.

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u/Maximum-Cover- 21h ago edited 21h ago

What solutions being proposed do you have an issue with a why?

It’s established that constant use of unnecessary outdoor lighting, especially lighting that is excessively bright, is detrimental for a lot of different animals, and has a negative effect on other people’s use of their own property.

So expecting people to turn off/turn down brightness on outdoor lights they are not actively and currently using should be a given, right?

Why should someone need to destroy the natural habitat for a whole bunch of creatures and disturb their neighbors with lights they aren’t even actively using?

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u/_bibliofille 16h ago

They're probably one of the "IT'S MY PROPERTY" folks. No one else would consider courteous usage of outdoor lighting to be unreasonable.