Ask the Memphian: Why are my lights off but my neighbor’s are on?
Why are the lights on one side of the street but out on the other? (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
If you’ve lived in Memphis long enough, you’ve sat in the dark and brooded. You’ve stared longingly across a lightless room, out the window and toward a warm, lit house across the street.
“Why are their lights on but mine are out?” you may have asked yourself. “We’re on the same street.”
Daily Memphian reader S. Newton Anderson recently asked the same question. He walked down to Overton Square for dinner on a Saturday night in August. He saw one half of the street on, the other half off, inspiring him to reach out and pose this week’s “Ask The Memphian” query.
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Samuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise reporter who focuses on government and politics. He began his career at the Tulsa World where he covered business and K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on the intersection of government, public policy, influence and how public dollars are spent.
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