If you've stopped by the Speedway gas station on Chelten Avenue in Germantown in the last 24 hours, chances are you've heard opera music blasting through their speakers."I went out to feed the dogs and I heard all this music, I couldn't tell where it was coming from.
The neighbor said he first heard it around 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, initially, he thought it was one of the churches nearby, but that wasn't the case. Although the gas station wouldn't comment on the matter, the neighbor said the opera music is being used as a tactic by gas stations across the country to deter homeless people from loitering.
"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," said Karen Clark of Germantown."Safety I am concerned about here, not homelessness. I'm talking about shootings and guns," explained Flower Otuderro of Germantown.Copyright © 2023 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.
How is anybody going to hear opera over HIP HOP RAP CRAP being blasted in open windowed cars and boom boxes?