My neighbor came and asked me to put together a noise complaint for the temple on the corner. She wants a petition that we can circulate around the neighborhood. They were very loud today. This is an ongoing issue.
I’m going to try to thread the needle on being polite to everyone’s needs. I like having a friendly relationship with all the folks. I had best word this petition carefully.
No pressure or anything.
Does your city care? As long as the noise is not “after hours”, my city doesn’t give a damn about noise. Particularly when it comes to a school or a church (our 2 neighbors).
My city is inconsistent. The police regularly shut down private parties with mariachi music but the temple doesn’t get shut down. The inconsistent enforcement bothers a lot of people.
I always feel that asking never hurts. And if you don’t make the effort and ask for what you want, sometimes you just build up resentment that the other party didn’t read your mind. Hopefully this will give the temple an opportunity / awareness to be a good neighbor. *fingers crossed / optimism*
I imagine that the city doesn’t want to get involved with religious orgs, like K, whereas the private parties have fewer people and easier to control.