This is exactly it. I grew up there as well and New York has always been a loud place, it's a fundamental part of the historic character of the city. People ha

This is exactly it. I grew up there as well and New York has always been a loud place, it's a fundamental part of the historic character of the city. People have always been complaining about the noise and scaffolding from construction. The culture of the city deeply involves complaining about/yelling at everything that gets in your way.