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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher Tracey writes:
> so i am a pretty big fan of living in the city (which is odd since i am
> an ecologist/conservation biologist). Anyway, the rental property next
> to us recently had a tenent change and is now occupied by a group of
> undergraduates who are very loud and constantly partying. I have heard
> them several times making suggestive comments to young women passing by.
> A friend also recently told me that they were verbally insulting
> people out their car window as they drove by. This past Friday, I broke
> down and called the police since they were breaking bottles our our
> street at 2am. party broken up- no problem.
>
> The next day, around 9:30 in the evening. my partner and i heard a young
> women screaming. At first we thought it was some kids fooling around
> but then we learned that it was real and ran outside. As we were
> leaving our house we saw a group of five guys running back to the house
> next to ours saying "we better get out of here" and hop into one of the
> cars that is always at the house and pull away. I got the license plate
> number off the car. apparent what had transpired was that a couple
> were walking down the street (on the far side from our houses) when the
> group of people in front of the house starting making suggestive
> comments to her. Her boyfriend ask them not to talk to her like that.
> THe five thugs said "who is going to make us?" and then proceeded to
> chase them down and beat up the young women's boyfriend severely enough
> that paramedics had to be called (he is mostly alright though). They
> just returned this morning where i informed the police, who are
> investigating, that they are back.
>
> -The neighborhood is largley a family area. Most people have kids on
> the street. Since these people have moved in the following have happened:
> 1. parties at least five nights a week
> 2. an drastic increase in the amount of litter
> 3. several instances of vandalism
> -There is a elementry school at the end of the block. Every day at
> least a hundred school kids walk by this house that is littered with
> beer cans, used condoms, drug paraphanalia, etc
>
> Has anyone gone through this before? What actions can be taken against
> such violent and jerky people? What are the neighborhoods rights?
>
> -chris
Ouch! This past Friday, the house next door played their music so loud (at
8 p.m.) that we couldn't actually hold a conversation in the house I was
staying at. Undergrads moved into that house as well. Well, Ann (who
doesn't put up with anything from anybody) goes over, and 5 min later, the
sound dies down... she comes back and is just about to tell us what happened
when we hear some guy yell out the window, "But it's Friday night!!!!"
Well, the music stayed reasonable until 11 p.m., when someone cranked it
again. Dave (a different one than me) went over there and the music died
down (again).
Of course, this is the same undergrad house that was lighting fireworks on
July 1st from the front yard--a yard I may add that's just slightly bigger
than a patio slab.
What is it about some undergrads? First time they're away from home and
their brains turn to mush--no respect, or at least consideration, for any
other person?
I don't know what the answer is.
I like fun just as much as the next guy--but denying other folk's rights to
sleep and feel safe on the streets...
I think pursuit of the law is in order, but do too much and there may be
ramifications a la vandalism 'n such--they may be pushed too far and snap back.
Dave K.
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| (...) I had a similar experience once. Pretty much the same thing, except it was the fourth of july. They were quieter until a 2:30 group sing-a-long of "Proud to be an American" Nothing makes me prouder than 60 drunks singing that song. :) (...) It (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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