Opera music can captivate listeners with soulful music and often times it can trigger powerful emotional responses. People in Germantown don’t have to visit a live opera house, they can just pull up to the Speedway gas station on Chelten Avenue for opera tunes.
Depending on one’s musical preferences, this can be good or bad news. Loud opera music can zone people out of their day-to-day worries by enriching their senses or drive them bonkers with the high-pitch singing.
A lot of residents in the area were confused to hear opera music coming from the gas station.
“I went out to feed the dogs and I heard all this music, I couldn’t tell where it was coming from. Loud, it was unbelievable that time of night,” Clinton Barnes, who lives in the area, said.
Locals don’t need to leave their houses to hear the music. “It was as loud in my room as if someone had turned on a television and cranked the volume all the way up,” explained an anonymous neighbor.
At first, the neighbor assumed it was one of the churches but it wasn’t coming from a divine source. The neighbor believes the opera music is intended to keep homeless people from loitering.
It might have an adverse effect if homeless people appreciate classical music. “I love opera, don’t get me wrong, but I don’t understand why. I don’t think it’s a deterrent. They have to find something else,” Karen Clark said.
Homeless people aren’t a cause for concern, according to community members. “Safety I am concerned about here, not homelessness. I’m talking about shootings and guns,” Flower Otuderro said.
People are left with dramatic music playing in the background while they carry on pumping their vehicles.
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