http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com This is where I post stuff about Lynn, MA. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:38:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.2 http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=34#comment-519 Thu, 14 May 2009 03:02:24 +0000 http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=34#comment-519 I am so happy to finally find a page dedicated to lynn i really love my city and it makes me really upset when i see so much corruption going on, I set up a face book group called Let's make Lynn a better place but people join and that's it noone takes the time to actually write ides but every day i drive around my city and see the issues and solutions to the problems of our city so clearly that it must be a corruption problem because I don; understand what the problem... Please inform me on what i can do if there is meeting to attend , I take this issue very serious and i'm truly dedicated but if you really reference how long they have been redeveloping the lynnway harbor front well go see at the libaray and you will see that there has to be a problem because it's been so long with no work. http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=47#comment-486 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:46:24 +0000 http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=47#comment-486 There is a noise ordinance. You can get a copy of it at the city hall in the clerks office. Be persitent they hate giving anything out. As for geting something done. Forget about it. jackhammers would probably come under a 'necessary nuisance', meaning it's a short term deal, and the city would have to deal with the state. they won't. You may call the MBTA and see how long the process may linger. The ordinance says that it's the polices job to enforce, but they would rather not unless it's soemthing like a loud party. as far as a business, it's whatever goes for the city, unless they dislike you then see you later. http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=47#comment-485 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:13:14 +0000 http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=47#comment-485 Noise in your home makes or breaks you. If you cannot find peace in your home the rest of your life suffers. Jackhammer would annoy me. If it was a one time incident I would let it go but it it continues there are noise ordinances. Will anyone do anything about it is the issue? I feel your man though..... I have lived in a 2 family for a while and was on the first floor and have had my share of lead footers, subwoofers and parties above me. None of the tenants were trying to be noisy. Each tenant had a new noise that would bother me. The final straw was when a very quiet man lived above us started getting angry at my child for walking around on weekends. So the shoe was on the other foot--we were the perceived loud people. Upon his leaving I realized that living in a shared dwelling was no longer for me...so now I live in a 2 family as a single...(oddly enough I have seen this done quite a bit) I would have it no other way plus its cool to have 2 kitchens. I think the older you get the less noise you want to hear. I used to sleep with a stoned bongo drummer outside my door in college... LOL http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=47#comment-484 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:15:46 +0000 http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=47#comment-484 I guess I'll post my 2 cents. When I moved to New York City, I had trouble sleeping. The noise on the street outside my dorm window was something I wasn't used to. I had to accept it. Lynn is a noisy place. I have to accept that. I don't live downtown, but I live at a busy instersection. However, there are people around me and up close who just love to have raucous house parties that go on into the dawn. I find it reasonable to complain about this. If the noise bugs you, you have every right to complain. There are reasonable and unreasonable expectations. Your complaint about the jackhammering seems reasonable to me. http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=47#comment-483 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:23:53 +0000 http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=47#comment-483 I think there's a difference between "expecting the world to stop" and expecting the normal course of business. I sleep in downtown Lynn several weekends a month. There is noise from the idling Dunkin' Donuts trucks at 3 AM; there are noisy speeding cars-especially after a big game win-at whatever time of night they finish the game; there are crazy people shouting over who-knows what...and the trains coming and going can get pretty loud, especially when they just sit there on the track sometimes. All these things, though annoying, are part of city life that we knew would occur when choosing to move downtown. I don't think Seth is saying he has a problem living in the city and living with its accompanying sounds or noises. SUSTAINED JACKHAMMERING FOR HOURS going on outside the place you sleep, however, is not the same as regular annoying city noise. For those of you who CHOSE to work various shifts, when you CHOSE the odd shift, you CHOSE to deal with the misalignment with the rest of the 9-to-5ers. There's no choice for downtown Lynn residents if that kind of noise is imposed on them outside of noise regulation hours. It's like, you choose the fire but you don't choose to get burned. Either way, name-calling is very mature (not) and I would guess that somewhere along the way, your own frustration with city noise made you bitter. Who knew this would be just the outlet for your over-tired reader-rage? http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=47#comment-475 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:30:51 +0000 http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=47#comment-475 To lynnres : Ouch :) Apparently growing up also means the ability to go with out sleep. I teach full time, go to another job after school, and voluntarily take on other responsibilities. But sleep? Who needs it? I should just grow up! (laughs) Apparently growing up also means the ability to go with out sleep. I teach full time, go to another job after school, and voluntarily take on other responsibilities. But sleep? Who needs it? I should just grow up! (laughs)]]> http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=47#comment-473 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:26:28 +0000 http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=47#comment-473 Stop complaining. The world doesn't run on a 9 to 5 schedule just because you do. I live right in the Square and work varied shifts. I don't expect the world to stop for me just because I have a day off. So stop being a baby and Grow up! http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=47#comment-472 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:22:52 +0000 http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=47#comment-472 I have to say I'm a little surprised at the anger in response to my post. To answer jk, I once worked various shifts, during my later college years and for a while after. When I had to leave my apartment 3am on a Saturday to prepare for a Sunday AM radio talk show (I wasn't the host), I never expected the world to stop for me when I got home and finally slept. I don't think I have that expectation now, either. But what I do know is that cities and towns across the Commonwealth have noise ordinances that favor the 9am - to 5pm set. Typically, these ordinances restrict noise from about 11pm until 7am or so. They prevent jack hammering at 6am, which you apparently think is ok to do, even though that is when the majority of the population is still asleep. http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=47#comment-466 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:12:06 +0000 http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=47#comment-466 I work the third shift. Should I complain when they run jackhammers mid afternoon? Also, I'm off Wednesday and Thursday; is increased outrage warranted when they wake me Thursday afternoons? http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=47#comment-455 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:35:18 +0000 http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com/?p=47#comment-455 I'm not complaining about the trains in general. I love that they're there. In fact, it would be really silly of me to have moved here deliberately and then complain about the glaringly obvious. The trains don't bother me. The day to day operation of the commuter rail stop doesn't bother me. In fact, the building doesn't even shake! (Thank you, solid 1890 construction) A jackhammer at 6am on a Saturday, on the other hand...let's just hope it was a one-time ordeal.