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When I lived in Atlanta I had an apartment in south Buckhead within sight of I-85 actually quite close to where it collapsed. I don't recall many sleep disturba
by scythe 10y ago
When I lived in Atlanta I had an apartment in south Buckhead within sight of I-85 actually quite close to where it collapsed. I don't recall many sleep disturbances. But when I lived in a complex on 10th street there were sirens going down the road at all hours of the night.
The low grumble of car motors is pretty minor by noise standards. Fire engines and ambulances however...
- closeparen 10y agoTry rail level crossings with train horns every few minutes. It's amazing to me that car tires are even considered noise. That's just the floor. There are much worse offenders in urban environments. I guess in a rural or suburban environment you might have actual silence without the highway, but I've never noticed the highway to be much louder than the wind unless a particularly bad diesel engine, illegal-exhaust motorcycle, or emergency vehicle is passing.
- Symbiote 10y agoWhere I live, in the centre of Copenhagen, is so quiet that people from other cities remark on it when they visit. Cars drive at 30km/h (at most), and very few have reason to drive past. There aren't any 'fast' roads nearby, the nearest that could qualify is about 1km away. Most noise is from people talking as they walk past.