• urban anthropology

    "Ultrasonic Teenage Deterrant" Will Save Our Cities

    "Where you at? You in the city?" An apartment building in Queens, "where there have been chronic problems with noisy teens," has installed a device called the Mosquito, reports WCBS. It gives off a piercing shriek that only people from ages 13 to 25 can hear &mdash kind of like a dog whistle! The Mosquito's product website reports on the ongoing saga the "teen tormenter" device has caused throughout the UK. "Anti social behavior has become the biggest threat to private property over the last decade..." Click the thumbnail for the rest of the priceless ad copy.

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