While I agree that generator noise can be bothersome and I also (somewhat) limit my run time, it doesn't bother me at all if I have lights and watching tv while my neighbors "suffer"...that's their choice. We don't have any close-by neighbors where we live now though.
When we were living on gen power in Houston after Hurricane Ike went through, we offered our young neighbors the use of an extension cord plugged into our gen for their refrigerator, and a few lights and stuff. We noticed our generator was really working hard, figured it was probably their fridge, and cut our lights off. Later my wife cooked dinner on the grill and went over to offer our neighbors a couple of dogs and burgers.....it was then she discovered they had more than several lamps going, the TV and Direct box was on and they were cooking dinner in their microwave! Sometimes all you can do is smile!
When we were living on gen power in Houston after Hurricane Ike went through, we offered our young neighbors the use of an extension cord plugged into our gen for their refrigerator, and a few lights and stuff. We noticed our generator was really working hard, figured it was probably their fridge, and cut our lights off. Later my wife cooked dinner on the grill and went over to offer our neighbors a couple of dogs and burgers.....it was then she discovered they had more than several lamps going, the TV and Direct box was on and they were cooking dinner in their microwave! Sometimes all you can do is smile!