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I dread when construction starts near where I live, especially in the winter the beeping travels so far, makes me hate having the windows open.

• wolfram74 5y ago
  I hate noise pollution too, but out of curiosity if you live in a place where winter has the properties that makes sound travel further, doesn't it also necessarily have the properties that make it a bad idea to leave your windows open?
  • rascul 5y ago
    Upper floor apartments can sometimes get quite toasty, even with the heat turned off. There was a recent HN discussion about this but I wasn't able to find it.
  • Guest42 5y ago
    Had the same thought but then thought that perhaps a smaller window upstairs opened mid-day would help airflow without affecting heat so much
  • mrfusion 5y ago
    How much does temperature affect sound distance? How about humidity?
    • krallja 5y ago
      When it gets cold, the leaves fall off of deciduous plants.
      • mrfusion 5y ago
        Is there some kind of air density factor too?