Fireworks

Let's talk about courtesy and common decency.
Pioneer Day is my least favorite thing about Utah. There are so many aspects that just rub me the wrong way, and I had every intention of getting the hell out of town for it. Alas, car problems put a stopper in those plans.
I live near the park where they do their large fireworks display. It is also where the parade route ends. I was prepared for lots of cars. I was not prepared for how badly-behaved the attendees would be.
The fireworks nonsense starts at about seven- people park their cars in the surrounding neighborhoods and flock into the park to ooh and ah as colorful sparks explode overhead. There people seem to have very little regard for the actual residents of said neighborhoods- honking and being loud, walking through front yards, general bad behavior.
What surprised me the most, though, was how some of these visitors chose to hang out in the residential areas, rather than continuing towards the park. As the sun went down, people stood in the street and fired off bottle rockets. One person, who parked their car on a corner of our intersection, shot a flare gun towards cars and houses.
What is the deal? Who parks in someone else's neighborhood and behaves so poorly? Why are there so many people who are impatient to go and watch a fifteen-minute fireworks display? I don't personally care for fireworks, and I really don't care for the kind that people launch high into the air.
This is something I have noticed about Salt Lake- many people here have very little interest in the feelings or personal well-being of others. You have a right to light fireworks (I guess); you do not have the right to launch them towards my house and make me feel unsafe. This is the thing about personal liberty- your rights end where mine begin, and vice versa. I do not have the right to do something that jeopardizes the health of others. You do not have the right to do something that jeopardizes the health of others. If you want to light your own backyard on fire, be my guest. Do not park in front of my house, pull out a pack of PBR, and proceed to fire rockets over my head. It will end unpleasantly for everyone involved.