Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

TonySpangs508 t1_iu5hvtf wrote

As long as they’re not using them late at night. It is what it is. I don’t enjoy the sound of them either but people do indeed have the right to use leaf blowers. Especially if you have a huge yard. Wet rotting leaves are a welcome mat for termites and other bugs. Along with a ton of other problems. I always bag them and take them to the yard waste places. People that are putting them into the streets right now is annoying. They haven’t gotten signs up about it yet.

As for the noise of it, that’s city life. Cities are loud. There are a million other noises that are problematic, but the sound of a leaf blower for an hour isn’t going to hurt. The only way to avoid it is to live far away from other neighbors or have a large plot of land where there aren’t any trees around to drop leaves.

16

Oyadonchano OP t1_iu5o6az wrote

Fair points in the first paragraph, but I don't agree that the steady loud-ass whine of a gas-powered leaf blower should be considered part of city noise. I actually like the mix of normal city noise (passing cars, motorcycles, music, occasional honks, sirens, shouting). But the leaf blower drowns out all other city noise.

−8