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> it's nearly impossible to find a moment of quiet. Wild. My experience has been if you live in the city long enough you don't even notice the noise. I've live
by swozey 4y ago
> it's nearly impossible to find a moment of quiet.
Wild. My experience has been if you live in the city long enough you don't even notice the noise. I've lived downtown for 10+ years in different major cities. There's a building being built directly behind me right now and I hear them all day long and it doesn't even phase me anymore. I'm also on a major drag where people drink all week long and walk around shouting at each other.
I kind of like it over the creepiness of being in a quiet empty house with nobody nearby..
I notice gunshots for sure but haven't heard many (any?) of those in Denver vs Dallas.
- vladvasiliu 4y agoIt does take its toll, though. I've been living in a big European city for more than ten years now. I can kinda forget about the noises surrounding me, but I always tend to feel less tense when I leave for the countryside. And when I get back, sure enough, I hear all the random noises again. Upstairs neighbor dragging a chair when sitting at the table. Other neighbor taking a piss. Neighbor from across, blasting his TV or his kid crying for whatever reason. There is never a moment of respite in the city. You wake up, you got your neighbors doign their thing. On your way to the office / park / groceries, you got the traffic noise. At the office: the AC hum and useless office chat. On the way home, traffic again. Back home? Neighbors are back, too.