100% agree. Professional fireworks shows are great, they look beautiful, are relatively safe they start and end, and you can choose to attend or not. Unlike the amateurs throwing M80s in the subway (above ground in my neighborhood) tracks outside my apartment window, giving my kids night terrors and startled wake ups until 1:30am last night. I can’t think of many things MORE appropriate to leave to licensed professionals.
ETA:And not to be gauche, but I’ll quote myself from another thread:
