It's not wrong to blame vehicles for the bulk of the noise pollution. Vehicles are certainly louder than people and pets. But people are loud too. I live in a

It's not wrong to blame vehicles for the bulk of the noise pollution. Vehicles are certainly louder than people and pets. But people are loud too. I live in a suburb and even it is unbearably loud. Neighbours talking outside next door. Dogs barking. Car doors opening and shutting. People playing loud music. Emergency vehicle sirens. Little kids playing or screaming. The point is, more people = more noise and therefore yes cities are loud necessarily. As someone with pretty severe misophionia, I can't wait to go rural. Even then the sound of chirping birds will still annoy me but at least I can remove the majority of people created noise from the equation. Edit: In 2018/19 lived temporarily in a condo for a right downtown in Toronto's Entertainment District. It was pretty good at filtering the noise when the doors and windows were shut. But when the Raptor's were in the NBA playoffs crowds flooded the streets and you could hear their chants and cheers inside the condo even with everything closed. It was a nightmare and very much "people being loud."