Well, cities can be loud without cars. H.L. Mencken said that the pre-automobile days were loader than Baltimore, for deliveries (e.g. of food to stores) used w

Well, cities can be loud without cars. H.L. Mencken said that the pre-automobile days were loader than Baltimore, for deliveries (e.g. of food to stores) used wagons with steel-rimmed wheels going over cobblestones.