Every major city has the same story. A neighborhood becomes popular due to it having a bunch of bars and clubs. Then, artsy people move into the neighborhood. Then, investors come in and build a bunch of apartments, playing off the neighborhood’s “cool” factor. The people who move into these apartments on the basis of the area being cool get bothered by the noise all that artsy, fun stuff makes, and so, they lobby the city to get rid of it, and slowly but surely, the neighborhood shifts from being a broke party area to one where the only industry is high-end real estate and $17 matcha lattes.

I’m sure your town has one of these areas — drop the name in the comments!

The transition from “artsy” to “residential” can have some funny, nonsensical moments. For example, Dalston's Recycle Vinyl was recently told by the Hackney City Council that they couldn’t have a silent disco because it would be “too loud.”

After neighbors complained about a loud DJ party on the premises, the store tried to meet neighbors in the middle by switching to a silent disco, where visitors would have headphones. The neighbors said no, and subsequently rejected their request to use their backyard as a hangout area as well.

It’s unclear if these people don’t know what a silent disco is, or if they’re just so unpleasant to be around that the idea of someone smiling makes them upset. As they’re British, I’m going to say it’s the latter.