Everywhere I am there is a guy running a leaf blower. At my house, leaf blowers everywhere all day long. At work, of course, leaf blowers blowing dirt and allergens into the air. It’s such a special noise, it goes through walls and headphones so effectively. They are the most pervasive, annoying things on the planet. I hate them more than mosquitoes.
Here’s a “fun” story: my old place had at least four different agencies doing leaf blowing of a fire lane right out my window.
- The condo I was in hired one weekly
- The condo across the lane hired one weekly.
- The city hired one weekly.
- The county(?) hired one weekly. (Or maybe the fire dept? Not sure but it was four a week total)
Despite a ban in Culver City, they all used gas blowers (yes, the city even paid for one) and the gas fumes went directly into my window and lingered because it was essentially an alley and I was on the second floor directly above. I had to close my window almost every day, even during heat waves, but the noise echoed loud enough that it barely mattered.
I’m so glad to have moved.
Melkath@kbin.social 5 months ago
I literally just emailed my local parks and rec because they built a park immediately behind my once peaceful house.
I begged them to stop leaf blowing every single day. There arent even any trees. They are just out there every day blowing the grass. Usually before 7am.
The response I got was basically "sit and spin. If you don't like it, call the cops, but they are city too so they won't do anything."
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Find out where the mayor lives, and just wander aimlessly around with a leaf blower outside their house at 6am.
Melkath@kbin.social 5 months ago
Oh believe me, my neighbors and I REALLY want to.
boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Go out there and talk to them while they are working. Be a fucking nuisance with your questions about their personal life, the blowers they have, the amount of fuel they use, what blower you’d recommend. Constantly say what or huh. After each conversation, ask them what time they are coming back and say see you then. It’s most likely a ‘busy’ task to keep their boss off their back…
PurpleClouds@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They should buy those leafblower silencers those students developed ^^
hobovision@lemm.ee 5 months ago
They don’t do shit about the sound and smell of the two stroke motors. That’s the sound that pierces noise canceling headphones.