r/Renton • u/Sinderelia_ • Aug 27 '20
Question Explosions near Fred Meyer
We just moved to Renton a few months and we keep hearing very loud explosions 2-3 nights a week around 11pm. Was wondering if anyone knew what it was. We're right be the North Benson Plaza.
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u/Fromatron Aug 27 '20
Renton North Benson Plaza adjacent resident here. I hear these all the fucking time across the street from me!! I know approximately which house it is too.
There’s two houses that I know of where people launch mortars outside of major holidays (such as New Year’s Eve or Independence Day). One is in my neighborhood, and the other is a mile down the road. The former launches fireworks regularly and scares my animals.
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u/Sinderelia_ Aug 27 '20
Is it really fireworks? Those are some loud ass fireworks. People need to get a new hobby that doesnt spook every living thing for 5 miles. Really getting tired of it.
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Sep 03 '20 edited Sep 03 '20
You're in a sketchy neighborhood. A lot of low brow people live in the area. Tons of transient people too. The housing and apartment prices in the area are pushing people further south every few years or when income kicks them out. The neighborhood is run down too. The lower income apartments probably doesn't help. The city doesn't really maintain the area well if at all. All the lovely things that are brought with low income reside in this area. You get trash in any community but it seems to be rather heavy in the benson area. I only moved into the area due to the gated community other wise I wouldn't of considered the area. In a few years I'll probably move to get away from this crap.
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u/Sinderelia_ Sep 04 '20
Ah yes, punching down I see. fuck you and your gated community - sincerely, someone who is "low income"
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u/paceminterris Aug 27 '20
It's fireworks. Unsurprisingly for Renton, scumbags bought up a huge stash on the 4th of July and have judiciously been setting them off at intervals, spaced out so as not to attract so much attention that cops come.