You Know You Live in a Small Town When... (acres, villages, houses)
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Don't know about code, but it is a waste of electricity.
In my area, the power company sets up a mercury vapor light on a pole as part of the instal service. Means you get a big bump on your power bill each month, and it's a pretty useless accessory when your nearest neighbor is 5 miles away.
Why put in a big dusk to dawn light when there isn't anybody around that needs it?
On established places, most folks around here shut off the big money sucker and put small lights up that they just use when they need them.
I have yard lights that are on motion sensors so they only come on when needed, like when I am hauling wood into the house. Otherwise, they are off.
Motion detectors also work as alarms because they tend to wake you up when they go off if it's normally dark outside, and will spook intruders when the lights come on unexpecttedly.
I had to adjust the sensitivity of the lights at my father's place, dang raccoons kept setting them off
... I have yard lights that are on motion sensors so they only come on when needed, like when I am hauling wood into the house. Otherwise, they are off.
Motion detectors also work as alarms because they tend to wake you up when they go off if it's normally dark outside, and will spook intruders when the lights come on unexpecttedly.
I had to adjust the sensitivity of the lights at my father's place, dang raccoons kept setting them off
The last house we had was in a city, A street light in front of our house and many of them along the street. The street behind us was lit-up the same way. All that light was thought to control crime, but it did not. There was still a lot of it.
I put in motion-sensors that controlled in-ground sprinklers, now that had a big effect on vandalism on our property.
Today where we live, we can not have motion-sensors. Our house cats like to hunt at night, we routinely see moose, deer or turkey in our yard. Way too much wildlife to be compatible with motion-sensors.
Does anybody know of a small town, having stores along main street, and no lights whatsoever ?
I fail to see why those street lights would even be mentioned as a disqualifier for being called a " small town "
Towns without street lights are not uncommon here. Just as towns having street lights is not uncommon either.
Our town has no street lights [pop 235]. The town to our North has none [pop 131], the town to our West has none [pop 890], and the town to our East has none [pop 1,290]. However the town to our South does have them [pop 7,840].
Oddly we have a few street lights I believe 5. But I think the people paid to have them put in front of their houses. I don't think the city pays for them.
Towns without street lights are not uncommon here. Just as towns having street lights is not uncommon either.
Our town has no street lights [pop 235]. The town to our North has none [pop 131], the town to our West has none [pop 890], and the town to our East has none [pop 1,290]. However the town to our South does have them [pop 7,840].
We have had this discussion before regarding towns/townships
I forgot a back of groceries at the local grocery and didn't realize till three days later (it was a ham & cabbage in the bag). It was Saturday night, so I didn't get to the store until Monday morning. Asked if they'd found the bag. Yep, still had it in the back in the refrigerator waiting to see if someone came in for it.
We have had this discussion before regarding towns/townships
Do those 4 towns have a main street with stores.
(yes, the plural "s" was bolded on purpose )
Obviously big towns are bigger, and possibly considered as cities. The town to our South has multiple schools including a highschool, strip mall, car dealers, bars, restaurants, doctors office, airport, library, and probably a dozen different auto mechanics. All the trappings of a city.
Unfortunate for a lot of us guys when we were young, was that every half way good looking desirable woman in town was a close relative. We had to go out of town, to find a girl friend/wife. Fortunate for some of us, a couple of small towns within 50 miles had just the opposite problem. Commuting between towns solved the problem for two people at a time. The fortunate thing for us young guys, was the girls in those other towns were not as picky as the girls are in larger towns and cities.
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