Exact same situation for me with regard to noise and audiobooks/podcasts. Another one is looking into cars' bright headlights at night. I started finding ways

Exact same situation for me with regard to noise and audiobooks/podcasts. Another one is looking into cars' bright headlights at night. I started finding ways to go along residential streets instead of arterial ones. There is actually a wall along the sides of the arterial road making the difference even greater (extra noise on the arterial, less on the residential one street away). They have a big sidewalk on the arterial but they also have sprinklers overspraying on them as well. So, one more benefit to stay off them. Typical example: DTC Blvd (supposedly nice but loud and you get sprayed with sprinklers) https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6123322,-104.8861333,3a,75y,115.84h,80.74t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1smeM0ikFvjurPvNa_xX1oMQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DmeM0ikFvjurPvNa_xX1oMQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D38.292915%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6123322,-104.8861333,3a,75y,... vs 1 block over, doesn't even have sidewalks, but is much nicer to walk through. There are trails which let you get through to the next area. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6125315,-104.8823492,3a,75y,178.71h,90.62t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sBWg8aUT-gAZXmkyRe7b_GQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DBWg8aUT-gAZXmkyRe7b_GQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D225.4365%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6125315,-104.8823492,3a,75y,... (There are also multi-use paths nearby as well but they are crowded lately under the circumstances. The parks are closed after dusk.)