Well it looks like a few folks that live near the stadium might be raising some Cain regarding behavior with tailgaters. Seems that they're launching complaints to the university. Article was published yesterday (10/18) and updated today (10/19) from local 10 News.
https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/10/18/animalistic-behavior-blacksbu...
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Sounds to me like if you don't want to feel like you live near a college campus, then you probably shouldn't live near a college campus 🤷♂️
I'm going to guess that Lane Stadium and the tailgating culture existed years and years before these people moved in.
Yep. Get the fuck outta here. You knew damn well what you were getting into when you moved to Center Street in 2007. Shit, I was attending large tailgates there when I was a student, and I graduated before you moved in, clown.
This is very similar to the epidemic hitting the racing community where tracks are being shut down all over the country right now because of these NIMBY assholes who intentionally move into the area knowing what they were getting into and then bitching to the town council about the noise until they shut the tracks down. I have no patience or sympathies for these people.
See also people moving in near a chicken farm, then complaining to have it shut down. (And complaining about the cost of chicken after that...) We actually have a statement that goes on new subdivision plats about the "right to farm" because of the zoning which shuts down a lot of the issues, but doesn't stop the dingii from being dingii.
Just got out of a meeting so I could watch the video. Lets just say they look and talk like just how I expected when I read the article. The faux concern and moral outrage is... sigh
You just damn well know they are peeking out their windows fuming over the event every weekend, blowing up 9-1-1 trying to get someone to come out, having used every excuse in the book to try and make it happen.
"Frank, that kid just stumbled!!! I know he's going to do something stupid. I better call 9-1-1 to make sure they get here in time.'
"It looks like there are.... 4, no FIVE kids on that balcony. FIVE, FRANK, FIVE. Where are the authorities to handle this?!?"
And you also know they are going out and canvassing/taking pictures of the tailgating area after everyone heads to the stadium to build their dossier for when they go public about their moral concern.
These are the people who send daily emails to the HOA board about your grass being too long.
I remember a case where a family had had a pig farm since the revolutionary war and they were forced to shut down when a subdivision was built next door and complained about the odors.
I'm going to disagree on the racetrack thing...
Tracks keep adding more and more classes and running later. On days when they have a special event, along with their regular races, it goes way late because they won't start earlier. I live a mile from a nearby dirt track. I have measured 85 decibels sitting on my porch very late at night. There is no excuse. I grew up there, I knew there would be races every Saturday. But it's getting worse.
My family has been on the same property since before cars existed. So, I think the whole "they were there first" thing is out the window.
OSHA 85 decibels for greater than 4 hrs, IIRC, is a hazard.
I think it's 8 hour time average but you have to wear hearing pro
It's like moving near an airport and complaining about noise from aircraft taking off close by.
Sounds like people dumber than dirt feeling entitled to complain about the world not catering to them.
I'm still salty they closed Southside Speedway in Chesterfield.
Or the people that live just outside of town that don't pay taxes yo the city so the city charges them for services like fire department, so the development complains and stops getting the fire service because they can get it from the next town over who isn't going to charge them. But then their insurance jumps because it takes a fire truck 15 more minutes to get to the houses now. So now everyone is paying more in insurance that the cost of fire service.
I'm sure at least some of their complaints are valid, but tbh all I hear when I read something like this is:
*Person moves next to airport built damn near 60 years ago*
*Airplanes take off/land constantly*
Person says "God these airplanes are so annoying I'm going to complain to the town council about it"
VT can't sponsor any student based event with alcohol since the majority of participants wont be over 21. I'm aware of this because I've had to host events on VT campus lol (https://campuslife.vt.edu/content/dam/campuslife_vt_edu/assets/event_pla...) So I'm just gonna assume this person doesn't know the rules around that.
Centerstreet is one of those situations where it's going to happen regardless, either there or somewhere else, you'd fight a losing battle trying to stop it. So VT does the smart thing imo and just keeps it contained in that general area. Dont live next to an airport if you dont want airplane noises.
This one I can understand the frustration, but how do you police that...you cant have cops at every person's yard. Curious to hear ideas/suggestions on how you could address this one. I personally would be a fan of motion sensor sprinklers. Harmless, funny, and gets the message across.
A fence solves a lot of those problems...
How much you wanna bet she's complaining that people have the audacity to walk on the sidewalk in front of her home on the way to/from the tailgate or game
A lot of those streets don't have sidewalks, and the ones that do are kinda crappy. And with the stadium traffic, walking on edges of yards is inevitable. But, as mentioned throughout this thread, you choose where you live (fully knowledgeable about the lack of quality sidewalks and VT football and associated tailgating).
Build a wall
But, but, my water bill!
Lived there since 2007 and is only now complaining? I call bullshit. I have tailgated on Center St off and on since 2007 when I came home from active duty. It's not like Center St spontaneously got loud and crazy. It's been that way, at least, the entire time she's lived there.
Her pearls have been clutched so tight she's about to make a cloudy diamond
Seems like her realtor pulled a fast one on her. Maybe do some research next time.
14 years ago?
What does that have to do with anything? Tailgating has been happening since before then in that location.
she's lived there since 2007
Yes and it's been occurring since then. Hence, she has obviously dealt with it for some time. Until recently she was given a platform to speak out on it. Case in point don't move near a location close to a sporting stadium.
It's probably more the realtor put the idea in her head. She moved onto a relatively cheap piece of property that was cheap because of the tailgating, airport noise, farm smells, etc. Now with the housing market going crazy they realized that they could make a boat ton of money more selling it if they stop whatever made it cheap in the first place.
This is how I imagine these people.
lol, this can't be real ?
Oh it's real, and it's spectacular.
This is from when the city of Roanoke put in speed reduction measures on Bullit and Jamison in SE. Everyone hated the idea of putting in traffic calming measures because it was making a straight road which you could easily speed down to one that you had to slow down and pay attention so you don't run over a curb. People just wanted to bitch about change and how it would harm them. I think the most harm was to tires that were popped from people hitting the curbs the first 2 years haha.
Also it made it on the Jay Leno headline section of his talk show.
Take a look at the photo...and the caption...
I'm confused. What am I specifically looking for? I thought I was providing context to the article and picture that was asked if real.
The cigarette in her hand, and the caption that says she's concerned about the noise of jackhammers affecting her unborn child...the irony of it.
No I understand the irony of the picture. The bigger irony is that the people complaining were complaining about the city putting in traffic slowing measures to make the street safer for the people who lived on it. You know like her child in a couple months. This was the best the complainers could put forward in their effort to stop the project. This was the complaint after the work started. It was all just a position of I don't want anything to change where I live. The picture is the icing on the cake of the whole endeavor.
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Whoever was in charge of layout there deserved a nice bonus that year. Gutsy move.
It's absolutely real. I cut the article out of the newspaper and laugh about it from time to time.
Every time I see this I never notice the cig at first, and then have another laugh once I do
The photographer deserved a bonus that day, too, for capturing the irony.
There was a follow-up article on her about a week later:
https://roanoke.com/archive/criticism-doesnt-bother-smoker/article_c995b....
Not condoning her smoking at all, but it sounds like she was really trying. Kudos to her for that, at least.
As long as she ate a green thing every day and gets lots of calcium I'm sure the baby is fine...
Breaking: Townie complains about University
Thats crap dude if you dont want to deal with all that then dont live near a college campus are you kidding me.
Obviously the coaches fault. People complain more when the team is losing. Whit needs to do something about this.
#MakeTheMove....away from Center St
Regardless of whether or not the complaining is warranted, VT students (and whoever) have embarrassed our community and Hokie Nation this year. Urinating in people's yard? Hurling beer bottles/cans into people's property and then leaving them there? Throwing bottles at the stadium that then hit people in the head? When did anyone learn that was acceptable behavior? Or have our students just collectively lost their minds?
Until the students stop acting like 5-year olds, the complaints are perfectly warranted in my opinion.
Well, we know of one place where that's been considered acceptable behavior
A couple of my friends from school moved behind the stadium just off the Huck. They love VT and VT football - even named their kids after VT football.... they have noticed a significant decline in the bahavior of students around town. Students have yelled profanity at his kids in their yard on game day. IMO this is not just same old blacksburg, everything Im hearing is students are worse
Look, I get it, but students have and always will be immature assholes. Its just the nature of the beast when it comes to a university setting. You just tend to notice it more when you get older and have kids. And I'm 100% speaking from experience on this one.
everything Im hearing is
studentspeople are worseFTFY. This is everywhere. Look up behavior on airplanes post pandemic.
As a resident of Blacksburg since 2002, and having moved to downtown Blacksburg almost 2 years ago, I can 100% confirm the behavior of students, and fans in general, has really gone down hill this year. There is clearly a lot of built up energy and desire to cut loose, and it's showing in everyone's actions. Town is far more trashed, crowds are more rowdy and disrespectful of property, and there are clearly more people out and about as well.
Between the effects of Covid, people lacking large group interaction, and our teams on field performance not being the highlight of the day, it makes sense. I just hope it naturally regresses to the norm, before the town, the police or the university are forced to do something dramatic to curb it.
Don't worry if they keep Fuente much longer they won't have to worry about fans in attendance or anywhere near the stadium
But the drinking might get worse.
I think the bigger problem is that they'll just stay at the tailgate and not even go to the game. When the team is winning fans want to be in the stands yelling and screaming and feeling like they helped contribute to the victory. When the team's losing it's probably more fun to just hang out at the tailgate and keep drinking and fooling around.
That was running through my mind as well.
Party harder Center Club, party fucking harder. It's what us frat alumni want.
So...um...only one of the three residents lives even close to Center St. The other two live on the opposite side of South Main St (think old middle school).Edit: Was off a bit on one of these. Those street suffixes will get after ya. Two definitely hear things, may have people walk through their yard, and possibly see things from those walking through their yard. But they're not in the thick of Center St was my point. The third one is 100% stirring things up from over by the old middle school.
Karens gonna Karen. And property records are a helluva thing.
*Don't y'all fucking dare use this to harass these ladies. Serious as a heart attack. Calling them out for not living in the area in question is one thing. Don't cross that line though.
Mods: Delete this if you feel prudent, but I did think it was worth pointing out that...
How much you wanna bet there's a private facebook group that they all belong to over their concern about student behavior in Blacksburg
Closed group!!!
Or the Nextdoor forum. Either way, pics are shared on the reg. "did you see this over the weekend?!"
I honestly cannot decide which one I hate more, Nextdoor or Facebook. Its just a constant flow of people sticking their noses into situations where it really doesn't belong.
The only good thing I have to say about Nextdoor is it helped me find my dogs quickly when they got out. THAT. IS. IT.
not sure what you saw but two live in that area (one on each side of the huck, but both in the vicinity) and the other one quoted only mentioned being concerned about the party atmosphere (and the article states she lost a family member to alcoholism). it's misleading journalism there, but im not surprised about crowds and noise affecting either of the other two.
Ok, only one lives on the other side of South Main. That SE/SW suffix will get after ya. But none of them are in the thick of Center St was my point. Two live close enough to be affected by noise and maybe people walking through their yards, but that third one though.
Center St is one of the coolest tailgating experiences in the country.
Not even close. It's fun but a regular occurrence at many schools down south.
Overall tailgating experiences at most big SEC schools are better, but in terms of a specific spot, Center St is one of the coolest.
Yea, but the Karen in question says this is "mega partying."
I remember when I was at EOD school in Destin people complaining that the windows on their brand new multi-million dollar houses who shake and occasionally shatter. Maybe you should not have build your McMansion next to a bombing range that has been their since WWII? Crazy thought I know...
Interesting anecdote.
I live in Destin (well, in nearby Niceville), and my wife was stationed at Eglin, so I see both sides of that one. Many of the people living in that community are either active duty families or retired military. Similarly to a college town, most people have some relationship to the base and are pretty amenable to the situation.
There are jets flying, and bombs dropping. Cool. But sometimes there are things that can be done to help with the quality of life, like F-35s taking off over the middle of the bay instead of over people's houses, or limiting the night bombing to specific weeks. Or the base paying for soundproof windows for the local schools. Edit: These are measures that have been taken as a result of local concerns, and have been successful.
So, sure, tailgating for football games comes with the territory, and should be expected. At the same time, it's not unreasonable to ask folks not to trespass in your yard to pee on your fence, or leave a pile of beer cans in your yard.
Most people on both sides should understand the compromise here.
Or sound reduction (at the least).
I understand that we're all kinda annoyed at what we perceive to be the karens complaining about totally predictable issues. having said that, university enrollment grew almost 20% from 2006-7 academic year to 2017-18 (most recent i could easily find data for). We know it's been President Sands's intent to grow the university even more and we are 4 years removed from that most recent data point.
All that to say: while student behavior has always been rowdy, and center street especially has always been rowdy, there is likely a direct correlation between the "rowdiness" of the students and the sheer amount of students. Not just for tailgating at center st, but also for the issues that have been seen in student section at Lane, and so on. Not only has ~half the student body turned over without having learned the traditions and how to "do it well", but there's just plain more of them to go around now than there were previously.
Both can simultaneously be true. And I think I closed the book on the Karen question.
yes, i'm not saying that one negates the other. just that a bunch of people on here who graduated years ago are talking about how it's always been rowdy and how some lady's complaints are invalid because she's been living since 2007 and is just now complaining blah blah blah seem to be missing the fact that there probably has indeed been a pretty significant shift in what the environment is like due to a confluence of other factors.
And that is why I did my research before breaking out the K-word.
And I get what you're saying, but Center St is a different animal. They've had bands at tailgates on multiple occasions. So, while there is no doubt some truth to this, it's still ridiculous that it took 14 years for her to start raising a stink about it.
maybe it was tolerable for 12 years, chilled out for a covid year with very limited in-person football attendance, and when it came back it was with a vengeance and just simply unbearable. gradual changes are less noticeable than sudden ones, and going from a covid year to this was probably jarring (not to mention that especially with the housing market as it is, i'd probably sell my Miller's Addition house for a bajllion dollars if the tailgate noise and crowds were bothering me too)
2016 center st (last time i was there) was a lot rowdier than 2011 center st (when i first got to tech). maybe i'm wrong and it's not any rowdier now than it was then. But given year over year enrollment growth, i'd be really surprised.
I'll meet you in the middle a bit on this one. But, as I said, they routinely have bands at tailgates in that area. So, I am confident in saying the noise concerns in particular are dubious at best.
At the same time, moving into a notorious party spot for students during a time when it was already known it had this reputation makes it more than a little disingenuous when you start clutching pearls toward the town council over student behavior.
I get that the school grew, but that doesn't excuse the NIMBY crap from someone who knowingly moved into that situation and then doesn't like it when that situation continued for 10+ years.
I agree that the situation is entirely predictable (particularly with Sands and his stated university goals) and actually fairly preventable (don't move near the party spot), but it's not exactly so cut-and-dried or even "disingenuous" to complain about the situation if she now finds that her threshold for what's acceptable has been exceeded. Tolerance levels change and situations change, maybe this was a combination of both.
Sounds like the concern is that in the past, Center St stayed on Center St, and now, it's not really staying there. With 20% increase in students (That's almost 15,000 more students), I can see it being an issue.
Was anyone else at Center St about 2006 when a bunch of apartments got together and did a full blown backyard wrestling thing? Someone's got pictures, or videos somewhere....
I lived at Center St apartments from Aug 2002-Aug 2005. So I wasn't there in '06 but in one of the years I was there we did get a kiddie pool and some of the girls we knew had a jello wrestling tournament. It was fun to watch the girls beat each other up but there wasn't nearly enough jello.
I remember the jello wrestling tourney!
If I ever run for president, those pictures from that night need to be deleted.
In fact, they should probably be deleted anyway.
keep it simple. don't run for president :p
People have been elected to office with much more serious baggage
😳Bruh y'all just HAD to bring that up 😂🤣😅Smdh
Tell me you partied at Center St without telling me you partied at Center St
LOL Ok
Just curious, how'd you get a 20% increase being almost 15,000 more students?
People, I meant people. Each student adds a layer of support staff, so even though we've added 6-8,000 kids, we've added more professors, more RAs, student life folks, dining halls and management, janitors, etc, etc
I remember some pretty wild tailgates over there when I was a student ('01-'07)...she bought there in '07, so a) she knew what she was getting into
and b) she wants the school to host a large event....so, a bunch of planning and money and prep for a big dry event that these kids won't go to, cause they'll still be partying at Center St
Maybe, if SHE attends, she won't see the tailgating around Center St so problem solved.
Good point.
They could just have a small, quiet event at the library. In fact, they already have that, and she's invited.
Yeah, I have no sympathy for these people. It's a university that hosts large football games. They knew what they were getting into. I feel like at times the residents and governance of the Town are so out of touch with the University that it's unbelievable. You don't want to deal with college students? Don't live in a college town that frankly wouldn't exist if it weren't for the university.
This is equivalent to the guy who buys a house on a golf course and then gets mad if a ball comes flying into the yard.
Had that happen to me a few weeks ago actually - I don't play much but got invited to play in a tournament for work. Shanked a fairway shot pretty bad on a dogleg and it nailed the side of a house. Lady came out on her deck and started yelling and then taking videos of my group as we were passing by.. Like, I'm sorry I nailed your house, but at the same time, maybe don't live 20 yds off a fairway if you're going to be pissy about it.
I was trying to cut the corner on a short dogleg right par 4 one time (i could get near the fringe of the green cutting that corner)... And when I hit it I actually sliced it a little hard and it hit the guy's house that was in the corner of that dogleg.
The worst part? The guy who owned the house was standing on the tee-box with me as he was in our group. Oops.
This is exactly why we will never be big time again. We have people that would rather us be UVA than be a winner, if y'all wanna be the good guys, who are quiet, don't party or show any emotion for their team then go root for UVA we don't want you
UVA has 2 major trophies (football, baseball and basketball) in the last 5 years, compared to us, so I guess we're not the winners here to begin with. :(
I meant the 3 revenue sports, when I said major. They are probably closer to the football playoffs than we are.
Nah.
To be fair, neither of us are close...
That's true.
Couldn't agree more. No one is ever going to win a championship if their fans aren't urinating in their neighbors yards or throwing beer bottles at other fans. /s
I would bet a lot of money that you can find that behavior at EVERY D1 school that has won a championship. Throwing bottle at strangers is not right, and the world would be better if there were a lot more places to take a piss when you really need to go, but there are unsupervised teenagers drinking alcohol and acting liked unsupervised teenagers at every school that has unsupervised teenagers.
1984 BYU Challenge Accepted!
Let's keep the status quo, make sure not to step on a blade of Susie's grass, and when we lose by 3 TDs please don't boo the other team or our coaches... okay guys?
I mean, you can do whatever the hell you want to as a fan without needing to ruin my lawn. It's not difficult. Being a good fan isn't the same as being an asshole.
You mean the saying isn't "Public urination wins championships"?
Y'all are just all soft, that's why we're at where we're at now. You don't want stupid prizes don't play stupid games. That's like moving to the beach then complaining it's too close to the ocean. Move away, nobody is making anyone stay in Blacksburg there are tons of other places to live, and if they're soft complainers about everything, might as well move to California with the rest of them
Alum here and local so I can speak a little to this. There has been a lot of recent press (complaints) locally from Bburg residents about the atmosphere in Bburg. Restaurants have been destroyed, walking downtown in the middle of the week and seeing urinating on buildings, vomit everywhere, etc. people sitting on the curb on Main Street at night drunk with legs out in the street, gneral rudeness and vandalism, etc. Yes, this is a college town but it is a different atmosphere than when I attended. With Sands increasing enrollment, lack of activities during Covid, reduced or even same labor forces/staff like police but with more students, already hard hit businesses trying to survive, I think you have a setup for really high tensions with the town. Adding that many students to the population without infrastructure can lead to the next level of crazy in a small town. We all read about the problems with the students at the home games this year (although, my observations are that they are as much 40 year olds as 18 year olds). I think when businesses start being trashed and you can't walk downtown without seeing or smelling bodily functions on the regular, there may be a problem that needs addressing.
And just in case you are oblivious to Center Street, here is one PG video: linky
Here are some recent post from my 5 min of searching. I think the issue is not focused just to this particular area but to the town as a whole. Just my 2 cents...
linky1
Linky2
Linky3
Everyone commenting on this thread should watch the first video.
😳😬🤣😅 Especially liked the comment section where one viewer was like "disgusting" and then Nadia responded "Disgustingly awesome!" & "Be sure to share it with all your friends and family! Thanks!"
I'm not saying you have to agree or disagree, but it's worth understanding what they're talking about.
I'll just attend the Center Street tailgate.
I posted the one youtube link that was semi PG but if you go search on youtube "Center Street Virginia Tech" you will find other recent videos that are also informative (note, NSFW). Was a bit embarrassed to link them directly here because I don't want to tarnish my alma mater with bad press.
I think the equilibrium has experienced a temporal disturbance in the town of Bburg.
Edited to add: Get off my lawn.
Man, we threw done on Center St in the '96 football season, but nothing like this!
I know where 19yo me would have been on gamedays... [checks memory]... 19yo me WAS there on gameday. Albeit it was nowhere near the size of what I saw in those videos.... so a couple points I would make:
1) I would absolutely not want to be a homeowner or landlord in that area. WAY too much liability as a landlord, and WAY too much to worry about as a homeowner.
2) that said, if I were a property owner I would be looking at ways to coral and monetize on the situation rather than just complain about it. Current zoning issues might preclude that, but again I would be looking at ways to make change... Given the current complaints I would like to think that the zoning council would be willing to listen to investors willing to buy large chunks of property with the intent on a tear-down / rebuild. Instead of more housing I would turn this in to a community grounds properly setup with restroom facilities, a "stage" area for performances, and either ample parking for food trucks or permanent restaurant establishments (or both).
Having now watched that video, it looks like its a little wilder than it was back in my day....BUT...it is off campus. What can VT do? Sounds like more of a Blacksburg PD / Town Council responsibility
Exactly. This isn't a tailgate party either - this is a field party that is just much much closer to housing than normal.
Thanks for sharing - I don't know who Nadia Dawson is, but they did a great job with that mini-doc there.
With Sands increasing enrollment
Last several years I've visited, VT and town felt crowded. Blacksburg isn't a city and the town, along with VT, has limited resources / infrastructure for continuing to add more and more people to the equation. When does Sands get some of the blame?
Edit: Looks like full student population is over 37,000. In 2015 it was 30,000.
considering I've heard he wants the student body to eventually reach 40K, he should get more than some of it
It's been a conscious expansion. Not just with Sands, but with the Board of Visitors.
I've never been a huge fan of it, but I guess it does bring in more dollars for athletics.
I think my Freshman year at Tech in '95 undergrad was something like 19-20k with grad students at 5k, so yeah that is quite the increase in the last 25 yrs.
However I would not know how crowded it is now since I have not been back to campus since 2007, on a certain rainy Thursday for a game that was great until the end. Fuck Matt Ryan.
My recollection was that it was something like 23,000 in the early 90s when I was there. Can't remember if that was undergards or all students, but further evidence of a large increase.
Last couple of times I was in Blacksburg it definitely did not have the small town feel that I was used to. Harrisonburg is the same way. We go camping up at Natural Chimneys so go through there on the way. Not sure if that is because JMU got a lot bigger too or just the town. Find myself really preferring Bridgewater as it still has the good small town feel. Not-so-secretly hoping that my daughter decides she wants to go to Bridgewater College so we can move to the area.
And with that population shift comes added professors, added staff, added construction, added traffic, etc. top that off with things opening up now with covid protocols relaxing and I can see why town residents are getting frustrated. Yes, you live in a college town, you deal with college students. And for the most part, every townie I know loves it. We appreciate the students. We appreciate that they create jobs. But, I think there needs to be some balance. I'm not suggesting Weaver's Hokie respect should return. We need each other in Bburg.
The bars have all gotten noticeably way more packed on football weekends just in the last 5 years or so. I was a senior in 2014 and they would be crowded on football weekends for sure but it's been completely different in more recent years where you just straight up can't even get in Hokie House, Sharkeys, or Rivermill unless you go ridiculously early and post up for the entire night.
Blacksburg is just trying to go for that big city vibe.
Blacksburg is just trying to go for that big city
vibesmell.FIFY
I see where she's coming from.
But there used to be a guy a few doors down from me who owned a modified black Mustang, and he loved nothing more than to peel out of the parking lot between 12 and 6am every weekend morning. I've heard many a loud motor in my day, but this thing was on another level. It sounded like a monster from a horror movie, and my half-awake brain often thought it was at first. If I was not awake at peelout time, I soon would be. I employed 2 white noise machines simultaneously in self defense, and they did not work.
I did not put sugar in his gas tank, though I often wanted to. I didn't even leave a full jar of sugar in front of his door with an attached post it note reading MUFFLE IT, though I often wanted to do this also.
My point is, sure it can feel good to stir things up, poke a hornet's nest, what have you. But often, by doing what you want to do, you just make things worse. I doubt complaining about this is going to help anything.
You must have been there when I was. Mustang Guy was a hot topic of conversation for a few years. I was on Green St. and a lot of my friends lived on Houston right across from Mustang Guy and his mom. Crazy that he was such a fixture for being such a persistent annoyance.
I didn't even think about it from this angle....watch it be the biggest its ever been this weekend. The Center St partiers have been challenged. Let's see how they respond.
Hey Karen, you like apples, how about these "GTFO" apples?
are those like....non gmo apples?
/s
Is anyone still wonder about all the nooners we've had in the past few decades?
If these Karens want to sell their house and get away from all of these terrible tailgate parties, I'll gladly take one of their homes off of their hands quickly and for cheap.
house..cheap..these days
Hey I agree with you, but if this mega partying is so awful, clearly her house ain't worth shit. I'll just point to the article as evidence about how awful it is to be there.
It's probably all rainbows and unicorns except on game day.
Paging The Law, there might be a house up for sale!
LOL. My first shout out on TKP. Yay!
Yes, this whole situation is so silly... these residents are certainly within their rights to request that things don't go full on criminal but to bitch and moan about 7 days each year that you knew was part of the deal when you bought is just lame.
THIS!!
It's a lot more than just 7 days a year. It gets ramped up for tailgates, but they are setting up all the time on Center St.
I expect the police are more responsive when it is not game day, and things are less wild. Something to do with logistics. I literally could not get much more crowded or loud than it was on Saturday.
"Omg kids are drinking ALCOHOL? UNDERAGE??" 😱
Like don't be an asshole and litter/piss in people's yards when you're tailgating. But the rest of this article is just a bunch of pearl clutching.
New policy starting in Blacksburg. No cheering or noise at football games, no cannon getting fired off, no tailgating, no fans. Let's just go back to Covid year I'm sure they loved it last year while they were in their bubble at their house doing nothing the whole time