Near my house is a lane between the houses that provides a short cut out of the cul de sac to the road to town. At night it has been dimly lit until a few days ago, when the council installed a new lamp which is much brighter.
This now shines into the rooms of houses nearby and is a distraction - but the reason for the new light was a recent serious mugging of a nearby resident in that lane.
I guess a compromise will be reached and the council will install “blinkers” that reduce the neighbourly distraction but preserve a brightly lit pathway.
“The light shines in the darkness…” It is not always appreciated - but it brings to view dangers and misdeeds that would otherwise be hidden.
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