Thread: Street lights...

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Raise your hand if you do a yard haunt and have a street light blaring down on your setup. While, at the same time, your neighbor that never decorates for anything is sitting in complete darkness.

So, I have a story. We just moved into a new neigborhood and down the street my neigbor told me that he pays to have the street light up and on and then preceeds to tell me he wants to have the neigbors help pay the bill.

Meanwhile, I am praying he can't afford it and they turn it OFF. I'm a horrible neigbor, but it ruins a good haunt.


Here's a thought...

BB GUN??

Yeah, we have a big ol' streetlight, right at the end of our driveway! But if it wasn't there, I think a lot of tots wouldn't come down our street at all, since we live on the cul-de-sac of a dead end street. Even though it's a bright light, all my other lights and decorations still show up pretty well. Of course, my decorations are more fun than creepy!

I have a street light at the corner of my front yard, I use it for a witch crash. The light is not that strong so it adds to the whole effect.

I have a streetlight that is really orange right across the street. I also have glass sliding doors in my living room that it shines right in. Usually I curse its existence, but I use it as part of the mood lighting for Halloween!

Our has an orange-ish light...we just throw a tarp over it for the night.

Streetlight at the side of the driveway. I hate it! Our graveyard would look sooo much better without it.

raising hand..... have a street light in corner of yard and love it. the light seeps through the oak tree branches and casts creepy shadows into the yard...

Originally Posted by creeepycathy

raising hand..... have a street light in corner of yard and love it. the light seeps through the oak tree branches and casts creepy shadows into the yard...

If you have oak trees that would be awesome, but not if you have a bare front yard and trees only off to the side.

Lucky Duck!

Me... They changed the streetlights in my neighborhood recently. They used to be pretty dim, and it wasn't a problem. The new streetlights are these "fancy" type and they are not only REALLY bright but there is one right in front of my house! The new lights have a higher light on an arm that stretches over the street, and a lower light that lights up the sidewalks/lawns. It's really annoying. Last year was the first Halloween they had the new lights up, and I seriously considered trying to shut down or cover the one in front of my house. Unfortunately they poles are tall so it would be difficult to cover or block them. I thought of trying to figure out how they were triggered or controlled, but no luck with that.
It's too bad we had to remove the giant tree in front of our house (it was getting in the sewers) because that would have helped a lot to block the light.

They look like these:


You obviously can't tell there, but they are VERY bright, and white.