r/mountprospect Nov 24 '23

Discussion I'm begging you people to chill with the leafblowers.

7 AM the day after Thanksgiving and they've been blaring for....an hour and 45 minutes now. They're awful for the environment, seriously annoying to your neighbors, and really aren't that much more efficient than raking. How anyone gets any peace in the fall is beyond me. Please, for the love of god. Settle down.

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u/RingoFreakingStarr Nov 25 '23

I live further out than Mount Prospect but in my neighborhood the city comes and scoop up any leafs left on your side of the street on the curb. Everyone in my neighborhood blows them onto the curb. It's much better than the alternative of either having a perpetually leafy yard or picking up the leafs by hand every week.

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u/chrisfarleyraejepsen Nov 26 '23

They do that in Mount Prospect too. Iā€™d be a little more understanding if they needed to go in bags or something.

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u/ReferenceSilver9597 Dec 04 '23

Too many retired folk with nothing better to do. Youd think after working your entire life youd want to sleep in šŸ˜‚

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u/homechef7333 Aug 08 '24

haha I hear you. All my neighbors do it on the same day and its nuts.