Everywhere I am there is a guy running a leaf blower. At my house, leaf blowers everywhere all day long. At work, of course, leaf blowers blowing dirt and allergens into the air. It’s such a special noise, it goes through walls and headphones so effectively. They are the most pervasive, annoying things on the planet. I hate them more than mosquitoes.

  • @taiyang
    29•6 months ago

    Here’s a “fun” story: my old place had at least four different agencies doing leaf blowing of a fire lane right out my window.

    1. The condo I was in hired one weekly
    2. The condo across the lane hired one weekly.
    3. The city hired one weekly.
    4. The county(?) hired one weekly. (Or maybe the fire dept? Not sure but it was four a week total)

    Despite a ban in Culver City, they all used gas blowers (yes, the city even paid for one) and the gas fumes went directly into my window and lingered because it was essentially an alley and I was on the second floor directly above. I had to close my window almost every day, even during heat waves, but the noise echoed loud enough that it barely mattered.

    I’m so glad to have moved.