Plagued by the Dancer from Hell
Long story short, in our town of 4100 people, we live a few houses down from a busy intersection. Highway noise was obviously known when we purchased the home. It’s not really heard inside our home noise-wise unless it’s extra loud. We’ve lived here for four years with no issue. Suddenly, last year, a woman going through drug induced psychosis (literally thought she had blue diamonds on her property and said the police were out to get her via Instagram video she posted) started to dance on the corner with a giant party speaker on wheels. She did this almost daily for hours on end, for almost 7 months. No matter the temp (we live in IL - this was June to Feb) or hour of day/night. She was out there. If not there, she was out at her country home doing the same. Personally saw her in the same outfit the night before and dancing at 8am the morning after. This all being said, the town grew to love her???? They’d honk, stop by and give her food, clothes, etc. It doesn’t seem like an issue until you realize she cranks it up so loud you can hear it in all of our neighboring homes. Her playlist is full filthy rap and it’s the same songs over and over. (I love rap, but I don’t play it for my child to hear 😵💫)
Finally, NYE, one of the neighbors made a post on fb. This started a month long back and forth between people on the community pages about her. She was even responding! They were upset with us for calling her in for noise ordinances, and saying she wasn’t doing any harm to anyone. 🫠
Meanwhile, she had been tied up in court for a felony burglary charge. The tickets she received (5) were left unpaid so she ended up being found unfit to stand trial and was sent to rehab for 5 months. Now, she’s back! Better than ever apparently. Same shit, just less frequent because she isn’t allowed to live in this zip code per judges orders. Yet she finds a ride from the town over to make appearances.
WWYD??? Dance battle for turf? Mental games like pretending we’re watching her for her diamonds? 😆😭 Wasting police resources and calling in the NE number to get her ticketed is the only solution that the city admin offered.
My 7 year old comes outside with me to garden and play often. Should I be okay with GloRilla, Boogie Wit A Hoodie, Young Dro and more blasting through our yards because she’s “spreading joy”? Or am I one of the only sane people in this town? Some seriously tried to argue that kids will hear explicit music and topics everywhere. No the hell they don’t. 🤣 Not like this.