The Sound of Silence: A Noise Map of the U.S.

Post by cesaref » Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 7:53 PM UTC

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It'll be interesting to see how electrification of transport changes this. Here in Europe we're phasing out ICE at quite a rate and the proposed euro 7 standards are so strict that it will also alter what the car fleet looks like. We live on a main road (although it's all relative, it's single lane in both directions and limited to 30mph) and i've already started noticing that the majority of what I hear is now tyre…

> the proposed euro 7 standards are so strict that it will also alter what the car fleet looks like. What do you mean by this? Got any links handy?

I believe it's a proposal at the moment, not totally sure the timeline:

https://theicct.org/sites/default/files/eu-commission-euro-7...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_emission_standards

And there's been plenty in the automotive press saying how it will negatively affect the car manufacturers, e.g:

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry-news-tech%2C-dev...

Post by hattmall » Mon, Jan 03, 2022, 4:44 AM UTC

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That's what I found strange honestly. I don't know why but I always thought the west coast was great weather. But it sucks. Only southern California had ok weather, but even then the beaches weren't great and the water was cold in summer. The farther North it was like borderline miserable weather. I guess the weather comparison trope is based on New York and places that it snows a lot, but so much of the US has a far…

Depends on what kind of weather you like. Where I am it never ever gets hot and it gets below freezing maybe two or three nights a year. When it's warm it's never humid (dry summers) and the only time it's humid is when it rains, which happens pretty much all winter. I kinda like that. Nights are cool (55F or below) every night, even in the middle of summer, which makes for comfortable sleeping. The main downside IMO…

Yeah, it definitely depends on what you like and I get that different people like different types of weather. To me though, that sounds pretty miserable, except for the dry summer, except it's not hot so not great for doing summer activities.

Just wondering, have you lived anywhere with a different climate?

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