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It happens where I live, a poorer city in the UK. Sometimes it's a very similar thing outside people's houses.

Have you ever been asked to buy alcohol by underage kids as you approach a shop? If not then you probably don't live in an area where things like this happen (or alcohol laws in you country are more liberal).

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No, but I was once asked to buy some fireworks for them. As a matter of fact I did :)

I still don't understand why they would do that constantly and in one spot. That's weird and non-teenagery.

I think you don't realize how loud these things are. The whole street becomes painful to walk on.

Why don't you complain to authorities?

It's apparently legal to use.

Then somebody should totally install such a device near the shop owner's home. Encompass perhaps.

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