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Anonymous wrote:I’d throw it all away including shoes. Treat my yard like a dump, a dump it shall be!

I mean that's one way to make yourself massively unpopular. You'd really throw away shoes left on your yard for a couple hours? You sound like the the neighbor who pops soccer balls that are accidentally kicked over the fence.

I’d be far more worried about being massively unpopular by being loud and trashing my neighbors yards

You really don't see the difference in aggressively destroying someone else's stuff versus dealing with some shoes in your yard for a couple hours?

I personally wouldn’t do it, but then I also personally would never leave my junk or my kid’s junk in my neighbor’s yard. Ever. Both of these things are extreme, both throwing things out and leaving it there in the first place.

I would just throw everything out. Lost your shoes? Sounds like a you-problem.

Unclench, OP.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d throw it all away including shoes. Treat my yard like a dump, a dump it shall be!

I mean that's one way to make yourself massively unpopular. You'd really throw away shoes left on your yard for a couple hours? You sound like the the neighbor who pops soccer balls that are accidentally kicked over the fence.

I’d be far more worried about being massively unpopular by being loud and trashing my neighbors yards

You really don't see the difference in aggressively destroying someone else's stuff versus dealing with some shoes in your yard for a couple hours?

Twice a year? I would not care; itsounds like a lot of fun. I wish my neighborhood did this. I’m sure your husband will be ok if two times a year he can’t mow the grass on schedule.

Anonymous wrote:Oh lighten up. It's twice a year. 11:30 is not excessive.

+1000

Put a noise machine on so your kids can sleep, and consider cleaning up your yard your contribution to a delightful tradition that lots of families would kill for.

This sounds awful, in my neighborhood we treat each other better than this, we know how to have a good time but still be respectful and thoughtful. I know my older neighbors appreciate it and in turn they are welcoming and flexible, works for everybody. There’s a way to balance fun and flexibility while also still being considerate…says a lot about a lot of you that you don’t see it that way…

Let people know in advance.

Take donations from everyone to hire a cleaning person before you allow the block party. OR, everyone stays back and cleans up after the party.

You can absolutely call the cops, and also put up cameras and create a fuss if you want. These things should be spelled out.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d throw it all away including shoes. Treat my yard like a dump, a dump it shall be!

I mean that's one way to make yourself massively unpopular. You'd really throw away shoes left on your yard for a couple hours? You sound like the the neighbor who pops soccer balls that are accidentally kicked over the fence.

I’d be far more worried about being massively unpopular by being loud and trashing my neighbors yards

NP. I really hate late and loud parties. We are definitely in the group of quiet down no later than 10.

That said, for a big fun party like this that is only 2x/year, I'd roll with it. I'd probably even let my kids stay up later as well. (Less time to deal with having to hear the noise while trying (in vain) to sleep. As a kid, these rare sorts of events are memories for me that I love.

As for the mess in the yard, again. It's 2x per year. Don't be the stodgy neighbor.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d throw it all away including shoes. Treat my yard like a dump, a dump it shall be!

I mean that's one way to make yourself massively unpopular. You'd really throw away shoes left on your yard for a couple hours? You sound like the the neighbor who pops soccer balls that are accidentally kicked over the fence.

Kids playing yeah the ball accidentally goes in a yard. Half-drunk adults not bothering to pick up after a party and playing music and letting kids scream more than an hour after an events end is not an “accident,” it’s bad parenting and being a bad neighbor, and you get what you get.

Anonymous wrote:I’d throw it all away including shoes. Treat my yard like a dump, a dump it shall be!

I mean that's one way to make yourself massively unpopular. You'd really throw away shoes left on your yard for a couple hours? You sound like the the neighbor who pops soccer balls that are accidentally kicked over the fence.

I feel very lucky my neighbors are the opposite of this, when we have community events everyone starts helping to clean up and round kids up and get things put away at least 15 minutes before the event ends and no one has trash in their yard and the music for sure stops right when it is supposed to

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Anonymous wrote:Oh lighten up. It's twice a year. 11:30 is not excessive.

+1

+2

I’d throw it all away including shoes. Treat my yard like a dump, a dump it shall be!

Anonymous wrote:Next year volunteer to coordinate the bounce house (buy it rent it whatever). Then you own the kill switch.

LOL no way would I ever take on a neighborhood bounce house—you’d be liable if anyone got hurt. Nope.