Especially since city officials, in an attempt to appease St. Nicholas residents, say that residual noise from the amphitheater will be aimed toward neighborhoods north of downtown. That means them. Craig's questions are legitimate. And residents probably have thought about them.
Problem is, they have too much else to think about.
Like a jobless rate of nearly 7 percent. Like earning less than a third of the county's median income. Like gunshots that pose more of a threat than decibels from a Kiss concert. After seeing their neighborhoods isolated and disintegrating from neglect and abandonment, they welcome anything that offers the faint possibility of an economic and social revival. The people over here think they might get a few jobs. . . .