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neighbors
Dear Frat Boys Next Door,
We live next door to you. We appreciate your efforts so far this fall to be good neighbors: attention to noise levels at parties, keeping a clean yard, etc.
Last night was the loudest party you've had yet, but it was still manageable - the baby somehow wasn't awakened by the music that you were playing 10 feet from her bedroom windows, and I was able to sleep with earplugs.
What bothers me is the person - whether a house resident or a guest - who stepped onto the back porch at 3:30 AM and yelled "Hey neighbors, call 911! Do it!" We were certainly tempted, I can tell you, but we've never yet called the police about noise levels at the student house next door - preferring to deal directly with the students themselves. Last year's residents were a lot noisier than you are, but they gave us their cell numbers, and if a party was impossibly loud, we called and they quieted it down. They were noisy, but respectful of the fact that they were living in a residential neighborhood.
So, to sum up - taunting your neighbors, who have a small child and jobs (I and half the people on the block work at your school), after a noisy evening, at 3:30 AM on a work night - not the best way to earn the respect or patience of the neighborhood. Think about it.
Your neighbor,
flea
We live next door to you. We appreciate your efforts so far this fall to be good neighbors: attention to noise levels at parties, keeping a clean yard, etc.
Last night was the loudest party you've had yet, but it was still manageable - the baby somehow wasn't awakened by the music that you were playing 10 feet from her bedroom windows, and I was able to sleep with earplugs.
What bothers me is the person - whether a house resident or a guest - who stepped onto the back porch at 3:30 AM and yelled "Hey neighbors, call 911! Do it!" We were certainly tempted, I can tell you, but we've never yet called the police about noise levels at the student house next door - preferring to deal directly with the students themselves. Last year's residents were a lot noisier than you are, but they gave us their cell numbers, and if a party was impossibly loud, we called and they quieted it down. They were noisy, but respectful of the fact that they were living in a residential neighborhood.
So, to sum up - taunting your neighbors, who have a small child and jobs (I and half the people on the block work at your school), after a noisy evening, at 3:30 AM on a work night - not the best way to earn the respect or patience of the neighborhood. Think about it.
Your neighbor,
flea