I spent a few years living in the international district (Chinatown, Japantown, Little Saigon) and people would set off fireworks and firecrackers in the neighborhood for days or even a couple of weeks after New Year’s. And then again on Chinese New Year’s. And there’s also this group that likes to go and bang on drums while marching around the neighborhood at those times. It was awful and it made my dogs so stressed out.

Now that I live in a mostly Vietnamese neighborhood outside of the international district, I only hear fireworks on New Year’s Eve and Chinese New Year’s. It’s great not having to worry about whether or not I should drug my dogs for days on end.

I personally enjoy fireworks displays, but I don’t think they should be allowed by unlicensed people at their own homes.

  • @j4k3English
    3•20 days ago

    I live near the coast in an area where people light them off year round. Drunk with fireworks should result in summary executions, but otherwise whatever. We occasionally get someone at 1am+ lighting off the biggest they can buy for an hour or more. Those people should f off, the rest… whatever IMO. If you’re setting off car alarms, you’re a problem. There are always people around you working night shifts and this is a tax on them, so act like Karma is real.