To not want a NYE fireworks display outside my front door?

[flowerytaleofNewYork]

ARRRGGHH!!

Am fuming. DH took the dog out for a walk this morning and happening to notice a poster up advertising a big fireworks display to take place on our street on New Year's Eve, and inviting the whole town.

He went on the Community Association website and discovered that it was accurate, and there is a plan for a big event on our road and everyone is invited to bring their NYE parties along for the fireworks.

For background, we live on one of the mainish roads in our small town/large village. The road is about 3/4 residential, with 5 or 6 commercial properties as well, a chemist, hairdresser, etc. It's next to the river, hence the choice. However there is a big field elsewhere in the village that can be and is usually used for this type of event.

Because our house is right opposite the river, the event will be literally outside our door, with hundreds of people, mostly drunk probably, and extremely loud fireworks. We have two small children and a puppy.

At no point have residents been consulted about this at all, and we only found out about it by accident this morning, otherwise we would have been non the wiser.

AIBU to be absolutely fuming?

DH has rung the Community Association this morning and been completely and unapologetically fobbed off.

[flowerytaleofNewYork]

Do you know what, I think if they had consulted with us early on, and been able to answer our questions, reassure us about crowd control, safety, all the other stuff, and given us time to decide whether we were happy to stay or make plans to be elsewhere, I would have been a lot more laid back about it.

I'm most fuming that we've only accidentally found out, it's 3 weeks away and had DH not seen that poster, we would have had the entire town descending on us at 11.30 at night and fireworks going off without having a clue what was going on.

[valiumredhead]

Exactly nancy! Blerk!

[Fakebook]

Bah. Stop being a spoil sport. Party pooper.

[flowerytaleofNewYork]

squeaky they haven't let us know in advance, DH has accidentally found out today, on a poster that isn't actually anywhere on this street. We haven't formally been notified, let alone consulted in any way.

[Fakebook]

New Years only comes around.... Once a year. YABU.

[valiumredhead]

Well you would know what was going on because you would presumably open your curtains and see it was a display

[squeakytoy]

crowd control? safety? just stay indoors and you will be fine!

it is a village NYE party, not Trafalgar Square!

[flowerytaleofNewYork]

Happy for people to think wrongly that IABU but that's a bit unnecessary Fakebook.

[flowerytaleofNewYork]

yes, crowd control and safety, squeakytoy. Again, without knowing the area, the number of people this is likely to involve and the layout, I guess you might think that sounds overdramatic, but I can assure you it isn't.

[valiumredhead]

What squeaky said and fakebook didn't say anything unnecessary

[valiumredhead]

What do you think will happen OP?

[flowerytaleofNewYork]

What will happen? Nothing probably!

I'm just cross and ranting, and disappointed at the Community Association tbh, not bothering to involve the local community and being unhelpful and obstructive.

[DoesntTurkeyNSproutSoupDragOn]

NIMBY

[valiumredhead]

LOL

[WorraLorraTurkey]

Lol @ 'crowd control'...how big are your neighbour's parties?

I think it sounds like fun.

It's one night and you all might enjoy it...including the kids and the puppy!

[chrismissymoomoomee]

Its only one night of the year, I'd let it go if I were you.

At least you get to see the bonfire and fireworks without having get cold

[squeakytoy]

Oh you do sound bloody overdramatic.. this IS an event FOR the local community isnt it??. You sound an utter killjoy.

I suggest you never move to Brockham in Surrey..

[Gillyweed001]

I think they should have at least consulted you and the other residences. However, the way they have gone about it sounds like they would have gone ahead regardless!

[TheSkiingGardener]

I would be absolutely livid about the lack of consultation to be honest, so for that YANBU. Not sure I would be that cross about the event itself.

[flowerytaleofNewYork]

Kids won't enjoy it, they are 5 and 3 so will be in bed.

It's likely to involve an awful lot of people, and the road is narrow, with a narrow pavement then my house (no front garden or anything) and the other side an even narrower pavement and then the river. I don't even know how they are going to physically manage to set off fireworks and keep people safely back in this space tbh, which is one of the things we'd have asked given the opportunity.

Anyway, as I said, without local knowledge I guess I might sounds unseasonable but I reckon you'd all be a bit fed up about it if you lived here and weren't even told.

[WorraLorraTurkey]

They should have told you...but I'd still love it and so would my kids at that age.

Being NYE I'd let them watch it with me and DH from the window and make it a massive fun thing - unless they slept through it of course...then I'd be disappointed

[valiumredhead]

What makes you think they haven't done risk assessments etc. Lots of big displays are set off remotely now, aren't they, or have I just made that up?

NOne of this will matter though OP, because you won't be there!

[Nancy66]

if the idea is to have the fireworks over the river then they'll probably be set off from launches on the water

[flowerytaleofNewYork]

No idea whether they've done risk assessment or any of that.

Where will I be?

[ChaoticforlifenotjustChristmas]

Just because someone doesn't want fireworks going off in front of their house does not make them a spoilsport or partypooper

Not everybody has the money to go out and buy ear muffs/blackout curtains either.

OP YANBU I wouldn't want it outside my house either. The lack of consultation is wrong too. Will they be prepared to compensate you if there is any damage to your property?