*Quinceañeras*

Nah, we celebrate Labour Day and Sweet 16s. Not us. :-)

With that said, it seems that the neighbourhood is going down, and your dad is bailing before things get worse. I can't blame him or anybody else for doing the same thing.

FWIW, the loud party reference is why we *never* considered having a family BBQ. Stuff that's tolerable in a black neighbourhood would never fly in our mostly white neighbourhood which is what partially scares some of the non-white buyers away. Day time party is acceptable, but definitely, no loud music.