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I would imagine the noise thrown off by tires (tire contact with road) is enough to still present problems for these neighborhoods.

• Aardwolf 11y ago
  I think the horses (hooves, rattling coaches with no rubber tires) may have made more noise than that.
  • yorwba 11y ago
    But not everyone had a horse carriage back then.
    • willvarfar 11y ago
      Horses were shod and wheels were usually metal rimmed. Even muddy tracks have stones in them, and often roads were 'metalled' or cobble stoned. I've done a lot of horse driving as a hobby and can attest to how loud it is, particularly metal rimmed wheels on cobble stones.