Serious question, is it dumber to ban ice cream trucks after 8pm or to allow them all night?

I moved to a small town outside Milwaukee last year and found a local law that bans ice cream trucks from playing music after 8pm. Sounds reasonable right? But then I found another town nearby that lets them run until midnight. I had to pick between two houses. One in the quiet zone, one in the free-for-all. I went with the 8pm cutoff house because I have two kids under 6 who need sleep. But now my neighbor says it's a dumb law because kids miss out on summer treats. I'm starting to wonder if banning the music is actually worse than letting it play all night. What would you pick? A quiet night or ice cream freedom?

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sageross22d ago

I used to think letting them play all night was just good old fashioned fun, but this post honestly changed my mind. Seeing it laid out like that with little kids needing sleep, I get why the 8pm cutoff is the smarter move. It's not about hating ice cream, it's about not having a jingle blasting in your living room at 10pm when you're trying to get a toddler down. I bet the people who want them to run all night never had to deal with a kid waking up to the sound of "Turkey in the Straw" at 11pm. So yeah, I'm team quiet night... I can always buy a tub of ice cream at the store.

uma68522d ago

Milwaukee's 8pm ban is a soft, cowardly compromise. Those 1,000 kids in the next town over with the midnight ice cream trucks still get their treats and their sleep because responsible parents just close the damn window. The real problem isn't the music, it's people who can't handle 30 seconds of a jingle without acting like the world is ending.