Whoa, dude..
I grew up 2 houses down from a big ol' 5, installed in '68, in the heart of a completely residential neighborhood. River Edge, NJ, just outside NYC, a town a mere 2 sq. miles was set up with about a half-dozen 5s, and they used them for every fire call well into the 90s and the modern pager era of today! While I'm sure it spurred my continued interest in sirens to this day, that thing was MEAN when it did its 4-cycle fire alarm in the dead of night...especially on a cool summer night, when all our windows were open? CREEPY, SCARY, unsettling! When I grew up, and my sister and would go home to visit, it gave her son, my nephew, FITS of fear and paranoia that are with him to this day...he wants NOTHING to do with sirens!
And, yes, I would have to assume that a house right next to a siren would have its property value lowered a bit. Makes sense!
Jim_Ferer wrote:
I couldn't live next to it. A middle of the night activation is all I could think of.