Living in Downtown Jersey City (2 years ago) was the noisiest and most rage inducing experience of my life. I also made the stupid decision of living close to

Living in Downtown Jersey City (2 years ago) was the noisiest and most rage inducing experience of my life. I also made the stupid decision of living close to Marin and Columbus, and experienced sirens at all hours. Those included cops who could seemed to turn on their sirens to go through the red light at that intersection and turn it off as soon as they got through. Sirens + all day construction noise was just torture. Jersey City cured me of my desire to ever live in NYC. Parts of NYC are quieter, but there's always noise. The suburbs might be boring, but at least I can WFH without going crazy.