Growing up in the non-police-shooting-dogs part of Hawthorne, our streets were always filled with people lighting their own fireworks, either Freedom Fireworks or Red Devil. There were always a few kids who had firecrackers or bottle rockets (they all seemed to come from Mexico). I don't really remember very many people, if any, going to fireworks shows. We also dent really enhance any of our explosives like it sounds like several here do.