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Or buy a house that backs onto a mainline railway that sees 10+ freight trains a day, then write to the city to complain about the noise.
by frosted-flakes 6y ago
Or buy a house that backs onto a mainline railway that sees 10+ freight trains a day, then write to the city to complain about the noise.
- sokoloff 6y agoExactly! If the house near to the rail line, airport, pig farm, or landfill is cheaper, it might be that way for a reason.
- frosted-flakes 6y agoI read about the railway situation in my local paper the other week. They were trying to get them to institute a no-horns rule in the area, which is not likely to succeed. A passenger railway in a nearby city has the no-horns rule, but that case is different because the line was dead for more than a decade before it was revived, the train has a strict speed limit while in the city, the only at-grade crossings (2 or 3) are well-protected with gates, lights, bells, and pedestrian mazes, and it travels through a dense residential area.
- giantg2 6y agoYep, and it's even worse if enough people complain and your tax dollars are used to build a sound barrier.