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It's hard to visualize sleeping out on the fire escape in New York City before heavy car traffic. It must have been quiet at night.
by jstalin 13y ago
It's hard to visualize sleeping out on the fire escape in New York City before heavy car traffic. It must have been quiet at night.
- jpdoctor 13y agoYou get used to noise is my guess. My dad grew up in New Haven in the 40s across from a fire house. When he moved out to the suburbs, he had trouble sleeping at first because it was too quiet.
- cdrxndr 13y agoIt's only marginally quieter with the windows closed ... and our's are always open anyways. Was down in FL on vacation and the wife kept waking up because of the faintest repeating buzz since it was the only noise.
- justincormack 13y agoI stayed in a village in India where everyone lived on the street in summer (they would let their rooms out to weird tourists who were used to being in a room). The main noise was the constant gossiping...
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