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dstrootlast Wednesday at 5:06 AM2 repliesview on HN

I was 100% in your camp until my neighbor bought an electric blower. The loud, high pitched whine is somehow louder and more ear piercing than a gas blower.


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jauntywundrkindlast Wednesday at 9:17 AM

Hey, DC resident. We've banned gas leaf blowers.

Maybe perhaps possibly, but this is not my experience at all, ever.

Even if you are sensitive and impacted, even if someone buys a particularly shrill one: I can sit indoors and hear gas leaf blowing from blocks away. At least the disturbance you are hearing is localized.

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michaelmroselast Wednesday at 3:26 PM

Gas blowers pollute which is the primary reason to ban them.

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