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My neighbors put up a 20 foot plus wide American flag. It’s absurdly loud. When it storms and gets wet, it’s all I can hear inside my house. While I don’t thin
by rangersanger 7y ago
My neighbors put up a 20 foot plus wide American flag. It’s absurdly loud. When it storms and gets wet, it’s all I can hear inside my house.
While I don’t think it’s the next public health crisis, it’s certainly a crisis for me. And no, there’s nothing I can do about it. Good luck getting a city official to take up that battle. I’ve been told that maybe I’m just more sensitive to noise than others, and that their sensors can’t pick up noises over wind.
- rich-tea 7y ago> When it storms and gets wet, it’s all I can hear inside my house. Isn't that illegal?
- all2 7y agoNot in the USA. Display and treatment of the flag is covered by freedom of speech.
- morsch 7y agoSpeech itself is also covered by freedom of speech, does that mean you can shout into your neighbours property for hours a day? With amplification? From a recording?
- rangersanger 7y agoNo, but that’s often regulated against, and much easier politically to deal with. The problem is that a flag is, well, a flag. It’s treated as if they’d planted a tree and I’m upset but the wind rustling the leaves. I’ve looked for anything analogous where wind acts upon an object to make loud noises, and I haven’t had luck.
- rich-tea 7y agoI actually thought the flag code disallowed flying the flag in bad weather. But I'm now unable to find any confirmation of that.
- ohyeshedid 7y agoIf you want to do something: Find your local color guard and make contact, they're usually pretty good about reaching out and educating people about flag care and conduct. I'm not one to be that kind of patriotic, but I've seen various color guard groups around the country educate car dealerships, restaurants, retail stores, etc. Either proper care was taken from that point forward, or the flag was removed.
- rangersanger 7y agoOh, interesting idea. Thank you, I’ll give that a shot!