Dud fireworks or dud neighbors?

Mike, thanks for the report.

"We moved into the city in January from the county where fireworks are not only legal, they are revered...Some enthusiastic adherants conducted services until well after 11 pm nightly...until the 4th and beyond. It is also clear that there are other acceptable seasons...such as Christmas, New Years, the Super Bowl to name a few, however the guidelines proscribing these observances are less than clear."

I don't too much mind the 11 pm cutoff...on July 4th itself. But I can understand what it would be like to have neighbors ruin it with "too much of a good thing" that week. New Years, well, a few, okay. But Christmas? The Super Bowl?

"A large church (mega!) in our area puts on a big display every year at the Springfield Underground. We went one time and I'll never go again. Mind you the display is great...But the parking and the finding a spot (in the sun!) to sit and wait and the sweat and the humanity and the garbled music and announcements and the traffic to leave...However, the park across the street from my new house provides a nearly unobstructed view of this very same fireworks display. So, I sat in my air conditioned home until about ten minutes until the fireworks were to be shot. My wife and I grabbed lawn chairs...Less than five minutes later we were seated comfortably in an ideal location...The show began. We saw it all. Approximately 15 minutes later we walked home...before hundreds of people, who saw the exact same show, had their cooler repacked."

Yeah, that's the way. Don't mess with the traffic, the crowds, the heat. Glad you have a good view near your new home.