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What Do You Do About Neighbor’s Bright Lights? [Block Talk Survey]
A Patch reader wonders if it's really necessary for her neighbor to keep their intrusively bright LED and halogen lights burning all night.
ACROSS AMERICA — What do you do about “unsolicited light” — that is, glaring security or work lights from the neighboring property — that makes it look like daylight 24/7?
Pennsylvania Patch reader Christine wants to know.
“For the past five years or so, neighbors have taken to bright white LED or halogen exterior lighting that is on all night,” Christine wrote in an email to Patch. “The light shines into neighboring home. They also affect the bird migration. Also, is it really necessary to have your solar deck lights on all night?”
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Christine added: “I don’t get it.”
Do you? What would you do in Christine’s situation? Just fill out our informal survey for Block Talk, Patch’s exclusive neighborhood etiquette column. And don’t worry — we don’t collect email addresses.
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Editor’s note: This survey closed on Oct. 4.
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Block Talk is an exclusive Patch series on neighborhood etiquette — and readers provide the answers. If you have a topic you'd like for us to consider, email beth.dalbey@patch.com with “Block Talk” as the subject line.
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