Neighbors letting kids in block party bounce house until 11:30

[Anonymous]

The problem here is that the whole neighborhood gets to enjoy the parties, but the mess and inconvenience are not shared equally. Can the location of the bounce house rotate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:l host an annual block party. It’s quite a bit of work. Be thankful you have neighbors who step up to do this and consider a little bit of cleanup just helping out and participating. I’m sure they have way more left behind shoes and hoodies to deal with than you do. Also going slightly over time is NBD.

20-30 minutes is going "slightly over"; an hour and a half is well beyond the point of being even semi-reasonable

[Anonymous]

The ale a pic of your lawn, trash, shoes, all of it... Send to neighbors with “Hey all. Last night as so fun. We found some shoes and jackets in our lawn and are going to hang them on our porch railing. Please remember to come pick them up. Enjoy the weather. With love, Layla”.

Your message will be nice and friendly, but your “message” will be “I have to deal with y’all’s trash — be considerate going forward.”

[Anonymous]

The ale > take

[Anonymous]

We live right behind a large grassy neighborhood space. Once a year our neighbors throw a big party out there. I put in ear plugs, turn on the sound machine, and appreciate the fact that everyone had fun. Give it a rest, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our neighborhood has a block party twice a year: that’s great! They also have a bounce house for the kids, set up in the front yard of the house directly across the street from us; also great. Block party is billed on paper and digital invitations as 4-10 p.m. Also fine.

My kids come in for showers and to get in bed at 9/9:30; we let them stay up a bit late for this night. There are some outdoor lights on the bounce house, so kids are playing in it even after dark.

What’s not great, or even OK:
1) Adults don’t shut the party down at 10, as advertised, or even 10:30–the music and the bounce house and all the lights are on until 11 or (in the case of last night) 11:30 p.m., with music blaring and kids not just playing, but screaming. The later it gets, the rowdier it all gets, because the people still up are the drunk or rowdy parents who don’t care at all about kid safety or noise or anyone in the neighborhood being able to sleep.

2) The Late Crew and their kids leave shoes, socks, lawn chairs, trash (party plates/cups/napkins) and toys all over everyone’s lawn near the bounce house, including our lawn. So the next day, the houses surrounding the bounce house have to gather everything up and put it near the bounce or throw it away, then send What’sApp messages like, come get your crap. My husband wanted to mow the lawn this morning, but there is crap everywhere to deal with first.

I like the block party. But why can’t these parents be responsible, and properly shut it down at 10, as advertised, or at the very least, 10:30? These rowdy, disruptive people keep us up and leave trash everywhere. It’ so rude.

Would it make you feel better if they advertised the party as from 4-11:30?

[Anonymous]

One way to look at it OP is the kids up running around having a blast at 11:30 are going to look back on the block party as an amazing childhood memory, and the kids in bed listening to all the fun outside while their parents complain about how horrible everybody is are going to remember how they had to leave early and listen to their parents rag on all of their friends and neighbors because they were no fun.

[Anonymous]

Lighten up and be grateful for community. Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One way to look at it OP is the kids up running around having a blast at 11:30 are going to look back on the block party as an amazing childhood memory, and the kids in bed listening to all the fun outside while their parents complain about how horrible everybody is are going to remember how they had to leave early and listen to their parents rag on all of their friends and neighbors because they were no fun.

This is one of those easy/hard children divides imo (thinking of the other thread), but a certain type of child can swing staying up that late and return to normal relatively well. Many parents who are stricter about routines are that way because their children really need them and are very prone to meltdowns, etc. otherwise.

[Anonymous]

I would focus more on the trash than the noise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:l host an annual block party. It’s quite a bit of work. Be thankful you have neighbors who step up to do this and consider a little bit of cleanup just helping out and participating. I’m sure they have way more left behind shoes and hoodies to deal with than you do. Also going slightly over time is NBD.

Look at this time thing I willingly took on. Now help me and be grateful about it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I could see if it went past midnight, but 11:30? Come on.

Legally, 10:00 is the limit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I could see if it went past midnight, but 11:30? Come on.

Legally, 10:00 is the limit.

Which is probably why the party is advertised as ending at 10, particularly is you need a license to shut down the street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP,

All the night owls have posted on your thread.
Most of the people I know would NOT be happy with a loud evening party in their vicinity, regardless of whether they have young children. In the neighborhoods that my friends and I live in (various ones in close-in Montgomery County), the block parties don't last until that late, because we're not uncultured hicks, and we respect noise ordinances.

Feel free to call the police.

I’m a night owl. I like to sleep in. If there was an event twice per year on my block that woke me up early, I’d let it go. It’s not about morning or night people.

There is a reason communities pass noise ordinances with both morning and night limits. There actually are communal norms.

[Anonymous]

I would let almost anything noise-related or trash-related slide if it were only twice per year from otherwise good neighbors.