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Citizen complaint of the day: Is somebody really playing basketball in the Nashua Street jail at 2 a.m.?
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Nashua Redemption
It's probably lit all night for safety reasons.
And why doesn't the citizen invest in some curtains, not that I understand how that could affect sleep since when you are sleeping, or going there, your eyes are closed.
I agree with you
They can get light blocking blinds or curtains. This is part of living in the city, I should know, there's a bright street lamp outside my window. I got light blocking shades.
the city will adjust streetlights
if they're lighting the sides of houses, they're not aimed properly. Cambridge did this for us when my roommate complained that even with light-blocking curtains, his room was brightly lit.
Took less than a week before they'd installed a snoot on the light and pretty much perfectly focused the light onto just the road and sidewalk.
thanks..
I'm used to it now. It doesn't keep me up.
If I lived there..
If I lived there i'd be more concerned about a jail break than a light on! Is that really your biggest problem in life?
Calm down. The complainer isn
Calm down. The complainer isn't expressing outrage... that would be you.
That's a county jail
And I'm sure it was there first but OMG I HAVE TO HAVE THIS CONDO LIVING WITH OTHERS IS BENEATH ME
Nashua Street Jail opened in 1990
so it's considerably later-built than the Charles River Park apartments or condos nearby, which date to the 1960s or 70s.
Turning off lights when a facility is not in use is good energy management, anyway.
Keeping lights on around a jail
Is good energy use 24/7.
Bad energy use is when there isn't a need for that light.
Motion Sensors
Security experts have noted that always-on lights aren't good security as it makes people ignore these areas yet makes it easy for someone doing something bad to see.
For the same reason, motion sensing lights are good -- when they turn on unexpectedly people take notice and the light helps illuminate the possible threat.
IT's a jail
The jail is always in use.
Good energy management is for
Good energy management is for a variety of reasons not a top concern for jails.
WE'RE NOT A WORLD-CLASS CITY
WE'RE NOT A WORLD-CLASS CITY UNLESS WE HAVE A 24-HOUR BRIGHTLY LIT JAIL!
The lights on the Zakim, too!
The lights on the Zakim, too!
...and might as well shut down the lights on the obelisk over on that hilltop in the background, too!
People who moved into the
People who moved into the Charlestown Navy Yard complained about the USS Constitution firing its cannons. I am quite sure they've been doing it long before your condo was a thought.
Get a life
Its called using your shades!!
Try using those sleeping eye
Try using those sleeping eye masks. Loud noise is worse than bright lights. Give thanks you have a roof over your head.
While I agree
that this citizen could easily buy curtains, I wonder why there is not more work to control light pollution. Hawaii is very strict about it, and it is amazing: everything that needs to be lit is lit, and everything that should not be lit is dark. It's fascinating to go past a lit-up car lot, and yet not be bathed in glare either. It's entirely possible to focus lights appropriately so they aren't blaring into people's windows unnecessarily.
Really your going to complain
Really your going to complain about a light when there's bigger issues in the world ... let those inmates live . I'm pretty sure you can roll over and close your eyes
Inmates lives matters