Prairie Village Council Contemplates Noisy Pickleball Crackdown

We take a moment of pause to listen to suburban complaints repeated . . . The bright side is that the sports fad is now starting to fade as hipsters look for another one handed activity that helps enable craft beer consumption . . . Check-it:

"Pickleball is a loud sport, as the goal is to hit a plastic ball with a plastic paddle. The thwack-thwack sound is constant, and it can get as loud as 70 decibels—the same level of noise as a vacuum cleaner.

"Neighbors started complaining last summer, shortly after Prairie Village Parks and Recreation converted the tennis courts to pickleball courts.

"The City Council looked into installing noise-dampening curtains around part of the court, and they did a noise study to find out which neighbors were affected the most."

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