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Originally Posted by scottmandue
Milt, what do you think the fine law enforcement professionals of Long Beach would say if you called them and complained that you neighbor was making too much noise cleaning their carpets?  |
LBPD is actually fairly efficient. They have a few sub stations and keep up patrols well. Just the day before yesterday I witnessed a domestic dispute that spilled out into the street midday. The cops were there within 10 minutes. This was in a neighborhood of 800K to 2 mil homes. Usually the cops are pretty cool about simply telling people if they have to come back, there will be consequences. I'm sure if someone called about the gas powered carpet machine after 10 PM, the cops would have just asked that the noise by abated ASAP.
You know, there are self contained cleaning machines that do a good job while completely inside. The trouble is no one wants to unload these beasts and fill them up. It's faster to use a truck mounted machine with a propane fired heater. You can't do that in a high rise. The carpet people should have had both methods on board. If they had to stop in the middle of the job, they can pull out the self contained unit to finish up quietly.