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Blower noise is way louder than cars if that’s what you were referring to. The reason I’ve been hesitant to complain is it feels wrong to go after the (mostly
by fossuser 6y ago
Blower noise is way louder than cars if that’s what you were referring to.
The reason I’ve been hesitant to complain is it feels wrong to go after the (mostly working immigrant) landscape companies the Palo Alto NIMBYs have all hired to do their landscaping.
I assume a lot of them are probably commuting from far away.
- clairity 6y ago> "Blower noise is way louder than cars..." depends on the vehicle. in my neighborhood, we have plenty of (intentionally) loud cars, motorcycles, and trucks. but the point is that work machines that come with unavoidable noise should be allowed to make that noise during working hours (unlike most vehicles, except perhaps delivery trucks, but they should be using primary thoroughfares, not neighborhood streets). i also don't report landscaping companies for that reason.
- mywittyname 6y agoIt also doesn't stop. A jackass on a straight-pipe harley is obnoxious, but they are around for like 30 seconds. But a jackass on an industrial zero-clearance lawn mower is going at it for at least 30mins. These things don't need to be so loud that operators need to wear hearing protection.
- fossuser 6y agoYeah, that's what gets to me. A loud ten second car? Whatever. Constant leaf blowers every morning for hours? They drive me crazy.