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People like you are why I don't live in cities anymore. Seriously, everytime there is some kind of pro-urbanist post here on HN, I think to myself "sure, but n
by octoberfranklin 6y ago
People like you are why I don't live in cities anymore.
Seriously, everytime there is some kind of pro-urbanist post here on HN, I think to myself "sure, but noise". And people who don't value peace and quiet.
- scottlamb 6y agoI appreciate peace and quiet too, which is why I mentioned soundproofing. IIUC the standards for condos in my area are considerably stricter in this regard than those for apartments. I'd support raising the apartment standards to match.
- fyfy18 6y agoAs the sister comment said, noise isolation is what you want. I live in an apartment with masonry walls and floors, and I basically cannot hear anything from my neighbours. The most I hear is tap tap tap when someone above is walking with heels on. Now if you have any ideas for noise outside I'm open :-) A hipster bar opened opposite last year (when we moved in there was a commercial unit that had been empty for a few years, turns out it was a restaurant with alcohol license before), and we regularly have drunk people speaking loudly/shouting outside in the evenings from Thursday - Saturday. We can obviously close the window (triple glazed), but it's nice to have a breeze coming in.
- octoberfranklin 6y ago> I live in an apartment with masonry I live in an earthquake zone. Masonry construction is illegal on almost the entire US West Coast.
- AngryData 6y agoThat seems like a problem of poorly constructed/soundproofed apartments than anything.
- vagrantJin 6y agoI'm not sure cities are the place to find peace and quiet.
- octoberfranklin 6y agoI came to the same conclusion, but urbanists get very angry when I tell them this.
- octoberfranklin 6y ago... and then they rage-downvote me, apparently.