Letters to the Editor
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What a fun neighbor
What exactly did the LW expect when he moved to the burbs? They are full of kids. Kids make noise.
I too live in a Phila suburb. I consider us very lucky that our block is packed with kids, including our own. In warm weather they are all out playing something. The adjoining driveway is for basketball, my yard gets football and lacrosse. The family with the trampoline is home to the new sport of trampoline-basketball. Another neighbor with younger children has a beautiful pool, and he very generously invites kids of all ages to come over and swim.
Although this scenario conflicts with Cary's narrow view of the suburbs, I know all my neighbors on the block and their kids, and I welcome their noise. This means the kids are having fun, enjoying their friends, and benefitting from all the "evils" our ordinary suburban neighborhood has to offer. I know where my kids are and who they are with. They might be making noise, but they are occupied and happy.
I guess the LW does not have kids, or no longer has younger kids. Whatever age the LW is, he is in great danger of turning into the cranky old man the kids are afraid of. Is this really who he wants to be?
Plant some shrubs to dampen the noise, try not to have a heart attack when the bball repeatedly lands in the shrubs, and play some music. Quit dwelling on it. If you really can't stand it, then move someplace where there are no houses (or children) near you.