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> One of the few countries I've been to that takes noise pollution seriously is Switzerland Not in my experience. From my rented flat overlooking Geneva, when
by zabzonk 5y ago
> One of the few countries I've been to that takes noise pollution seriously is Switzerland
Not in my experience. From my rented flat overlooking Geneva, when I was working there as a consultant, I used to get the (happy) screams of the kids in the school next door, the thump of heavy metal from the next flat, the whine of aircraft coming in to the airport and the clank of rubbish going down the waste disposal system.
All in all, I would rate it noisier than my flat in Wood Green, North London.
- ornornor 5y agoThe difference in my experience is that sundays are quiet days all day and people respect that (even glass recycling drop offs are “closed” on sundays). And if you report noise to the police, it will be investigated and dealt with in my experience. But yes car noise is a big problem here in my opinion, not to mention gas leaf blowers. And cigarette smoke. Everywhere. That’s such a shame for a country where we think “mountain pure air” which has in reality an ashtray smell everywhere you go.