The paradox for me is that my noise experience has been inversely correlated to the environment for decades: the more rural, the more noise; the more urban, the

The paradox for me is that my noise experience has been inversely correlated to the environment for decades: the more rural, the more noise; the more urban, the less noise. Looked at another way: noise was inversely correlated to walk score, the higher the score the lower the noise, the lower the score the higher the noise. Intuitively that makes sense since we can infer that walk score means all else being equal, more people are in quiet transit options. Suburban has been between the two extremes, but the noise leans toward the rural end of the spectrum, though Harleys aren't the cause, car dependence and lack of transit options are as predictable from the walk score. Reasons are easy to state: Harleys and the quiet but unusual confines of a single floor flat in the city (at least in the United States).