Yup, they are absolutely atrocious. They also have lots of low-frequency noise that travels really far, and it hard to sound-proof against. I used to live in

Yup, they are absolutely atrocious. They also have lots of low-frequency noise that travels really far, and it hard to sound-proof against. I used to live in an apartment that was about 200 feet from a shopping center, and I could hear/feel the leaf blowers that were used instead of sweeping the storefront. And because they had a non-residential zoning, they could use the leaf blowers at 2 AM.