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.