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Re:Some cities are taking another look at LED lighting after... by mtalantikite on Sunday September 25, 2016 @03:09PM (#12576831)
I had LEDs installed in the streetlight in front of my apartment in Brooklyn a few months ago and my living room is now awash with this light. It's terrible. I noticed my sleep time pushed further and further back and I've resorted to supplementing melatonin regularly so that I can fall asleep earlier than 2 am. I've complained to the city and have considered moving since I don't think NYC will swap ours back.
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Re:Some cities are taking another look at LED lighting after... by keenerd on Sunday September 25, 2016 @03:28PM (#12576933)
Please, put in blinds. If you have blinds, put in curtains to catch the light that spills around the blinds. If too much light goes through the blinds, upgrade to window shades. If that isn't enough (or you don't want to spend any money on interior decorating), get an eyemask. If $2 for an eyemask is too much, drape a t-shirt over your eyes.

Moving is a comically inappropriate response.

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Re:Some cities are taking another look at LED lighting after... by mtalantikite on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @06:02PM (#12601700)
I don't find it unreasonable to want to have my curtains and windows open after sundown.

My bedroom is at the back of the house and feels like a cave, as is common for NYC bedrooms, so it's not the light in my eyes that is the issue. Having a delayed melatonin release due to the light is more my concern.

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Re:Some cities are taking another look at LED lighting after... by rbanffy on Monday September 26, 2016 @03:59AM (#12580070)
If moving becomes a common response, we can use street lighting to fight gentrification. Don't discourage it.
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Re:Some cities are taking another look at LED lighting after... by mtalantikite on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @06:23PM (#12601828)
That's assuming city services go to all neighborhoods evenly, which certainly isn't the case unfortunately. Most of Brooklyn is covered now, but only 1/3 of Queens and none of The Bronx other than highways have been converted.
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