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Is your neighborhood quiet or noisy at night? |
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Post# 992527 , Reply# 1   4/29/2018 at 16:59 (2,160 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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Surprisingly noisy, given that I live in the middle of nowhere. Of course, one expects wildlife related noise. For example, last week, during a warm spell when I had windows open well after dark, I heard plenty of frogs.
But when I first moved in here, I was really surprised by how much traffic I heard on the street. Then there was the neighbor who (at that time) seemed to love riding his motorcycle at 2 AM.
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Post# 992538 , Reply# 3   4/29/2018 at 19:43 (2,159 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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All I hear is Loons crying and damn crows at the crack of dawn during the night, but daytime, tons of boats racing by like it was I-95 . But I have not opened and left open any windows yet this year as we refuse to warm up to spring temps and I refuse to have heat on in almost May. I will probably have to put the a/c in next month when the humidity from the south gets here.
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Post# 992540 , Reply# 4   4/29/2018 at 20:35 (2,159 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 992560 , Reply# 5   4/29/2018 at 23:30 (2,159 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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I'm glad as far as noise level goes, that it is something where I "don't want to go there"--that is, no need to call the police, or just have to yell at anyone to quiet down...
However, I do not like to have windows open; I don't like what little outside coming in, or what a lot of inside going out... -- Dave |
Post# 992563 , Reply# 6   4/30/2018 at 00:09 (2,159 days old) by robbinsandmyers (Conn)   |   | |
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I live on the main street in town so during the day its pretty noisy traffic wise. In warm months the motorcycles use it as a drag strip. At night its not too bad other than the cops going by at 80 MPH responding to a call one every 30 seconds when the natives get restless down near the town line a mile away. There is a small tailor shop on the front of the house and Im behind it so it acts as a buffer at night with the traffic noise as its wider than the house. Getting to sleep was rough at first but I use a 1932 R&M 8" fan daily for white noise and its great. Its better than my old place which was in a historical area at pizza ground zero in New Haven but with a noisy upstairs neighbor.
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Post# 992591 , Reply# 7   4/30/2018 at 04:53 (2,159 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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I live right behind the hospital so I can hear ambulance sirens all hours of the day or night. The helipad is only a couple of blocks the other way so I hear choppers coming in or revving up to take off all hours. The young couple across the street frequently have cars in their driveway with thumping bass stereos blasting. When I moved here it was an older neighborhood with mostly old people...then most of them died or moved away and now the old houses have become rental houses for younger people and WE are the old people now! Wish we could move out to the country. Tony is dying to move to Louisiana...he says New Orleans "calls" to him.....well it must not have my number because it ain't calling me...not to live there anyway! |
Post# 992598 , Reply# 8   4/30/2018 at 06:54 (2,159 days old) by jmm63 (Denville, NJ)   |   | |
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It's quiet and peaceful out here most of the time and I love it. Just the usual car going by or kids playing during the day, night time is usually very quiet. Except in the summer when a fox mates out in the woods behind us, you haven't lived until you hear that screaming at 3am.
I always lived in the suburbs and enjoyed mostly quiet times. When I first moved to Brooklyn, I couldn't sleep for about 4 months with all the noise at night. Summer was ok with the A/C on but it was terrible if you left a window open. When I moved to NJ 2 years later, I couldn't sleep at night with all the QUIET! Funny how you get used to things. |
Post# 992623 , Reply# 11   4/30/2018 at 10:45 (2,159 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City)   |   | |
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New York City, need I say more? Because I live in a high rise complex on super blocks, there is a lot of space between buildings, about a quarter of a mile. This makes a canyon effect. Sirens on emergency vehicles, horns and the elevated train from far away are amplified. Helicopters and the occasional ship horn are also present. We're also directly under the glide path to La Guardia airport, but thankfully aircraft pass so high above us you don't hear a thing. Most of the time, you just hear the far off drone of traffic. It quiets down considerably in the evening, and some evenings it can get eerily quiet. If it snows, then there is utter silence. Falling snow acts like sound proofing. Now that it is spring, around 5am the birds get into a chirping frenzy. During the day, you hear many of them sing about among the trees. We also have falcons, they rarely make a sound, but when they do, it's unmistakable. Plus the occasional obnoxious seagull. We have double, insulated windows, when they're closed, you don't hear a thing. |
Post# 992632 , Reply# 12   4/30/2018 at 13:08 (2,159 days old) by Blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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I live near the center of a medium-size city, Springfield Mass, at a relatively busy intersection. It is close to 2 major hospitals, and less than a mile from both fire and police headquarters. Needless to say, there is a lot of traffic noise, including sirens and motorcycles. I'm used to it; doesn't bother me. It is a convenient location to live.
What does grind my gears is when neighbors crank up the music in the evening and into the night. Intolerable, even with the windows closed. Calls to police are only a temporary solution. One night last year, it lasted until 6:00 am. I have a good mind to fill up the snowblower with gas, and let 'er rip at 7:00 am until the gas tank is empty. The only frustrating thing about police sirens is the fact that Springfield has scrambled the police scanner frequencies. Now, when I hear all the cars zooming by, I don't know what is going on. |
Post# 992707 , Reply# 17   5/1/2018 at 07:45 (2,158 days old) by abcomatic (Bradford, Illinois)   |   | |
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Very quiet 24 hrs. a day here. |
Post# 992755 , Reply# 19   5/1/2018 at 17:51 (2,157 days old) by kimball455 (Cape May, NJ)   |   | |
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It depends .....
On the other hand, after the summer season we get a nice break over the winter. The holidays are busy on weekends because of the historic tours but midweek is nice and quite. We actually call the winter months 'blinking light season' because the beachfront traffic lights are set to blink. All in all, Cape May is a great place (although housing is expensive) to live. It is also a great place to visit any time of year. We have two equity theatre companies, Cape May is a National Historic Landmark City, the only City that is. We have wineries, breweries, and distilleries, museums, and all kinds of tours. All in all something for everyone. We are the restaurant capital of South Jersey. Also, Rehobeth Delaware is a very pleasant ferry ride from Cape May. No, I don't work for the Chamber of Commerce but I am the Historian for the Colonial House Museum. Harry CLICK HERE TO GO TO kimball455's LINK |
Post# 992768 , Reply# 20   5/1/2018 at 19:25 (2,157 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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We live in a small town with a population of about 7,000, but there is also a state of Calif. university in the neighboring city, of about 50,000 pop., so its a college town in a way too.
Our 20 unit townhouse HOA is right downtown, but our complex looks like a park, lots of beautiful trees. Redwood, Sycamores and Liquid Ambers. We are almost a block from a busy street, which used to be the state highway before the ‘new’ highway 101 opened in 1957. That freeway is about 1/2mile to the West of us. So we are sandwiched between two heavily traveled roads, But the noise is only really evident during the morning and afternoon/evening commute hours. Otherwise, its just barely background noise. At night after the little strip mall nextdoor closes down there is little noise. We are so grateful to have wonderful neighbors on both sides of us. One is a gay women that was here when we bought the house in 1994, she’s been here since 90’. And our other neighbor is a single man about my age, who is quiet and a pleasure to know. There are wild turkeys that frequent our complex, and at the Walgreens down the street there are anywhere from 20 to 40 chickens that roam freely around the store and parking lot. There was a house there before Walgreens and they had a chicken coup. When they moved out for the Walgreens to be built, they left the chickens behind. The Walgreens employees have been feeding the chickens for the last 25 years! And I can walk for 10 mins to the West and I’m out in the country. This little town is really a wonderful place to live. And the few times we have had disturbances, the police are here in 5 mins of less, and best of all, they actually take care of what ever the problem is! The PD and FD are both less than a half a mile away. There is also a goddamned Casino in the neighboring town. This place has brought way too many extra people, and a lot of grifters too, with all the problems that go with them. We are a 30 min. drive to the Pacific Ocean and the same amount of time to Redwood forests and the Sonoma Mountain hills. The Russian River is also a 30 min drive away. The only bad thing about Sonoma Co.now is the tremendous, overnight population explosion. It used to be so much more quite and a slower pace. Also, housing costs have gone right thru the roof. But we’ve transitioned with the progress, and wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. Quite simply, its Home! Eddie |
Post# 992785 , Reply# 22   5/1/2018 at 21:47 (2,157 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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I have discontinued train tracks that separate 2 of my lots behind me and have to pay the state $200 just to cross my own land thru my driveway. Last State Rep fought for me and state told him that it was gravy and no way they would give up ownership of this unmaintained stretch of tracks since the late 70's. I remember as a kid, the train to Canada went thru at 6 in the morning and came back at 6 in the evening. The millions of dollars it would cost is not worth it to rehab. I can put up with crows and loons, no problem, just not a train in my back yard.
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Post# 993093 , Reply# 24   5/4/2018 at 16:39 (2,155 days old) by Blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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