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It's hard to take noise pollution seriously when you so much as read the comments here after reading and agreeing with much of the article. Yes I believe living under an airport to be detrimental to anyone's sanity, but yet it devolves quickly into an agoraphobic hand wringing competition going from city sirens, to cars in general, to the neighbors dog barking sporadically. There are prices to pay for living in city…
Anecdata but I recently got headphones with noise cancelling and my quality of life shot through the roof. According to my smartwatch, my heart rate is lower and stress levels are down. Unfortunately, I have to take my headphones off to go to sleep and I'm immediately reminded of the shoddy fridge in my apartment, vent noises, and my neighbor who doesn't realize it's 11:30 PM.
> road noise during the day My understanding is that the vast majority of road noise is caused by vehicles outfitted with non-standard tires. Where I live, 90% of the road noise is caused by lifted trucks using massive off-road tires on local roads and highways. It isn’t clear if this against the law all over the country, but in various US states, the police will issue tickets. There are several employees of local bu…
The worst is jake braking [1] that tractor trailers use. I live about 300 or so yards from the highway, and constantly hear this noise during the day. https://youtu.be/xm0TSzagk-o?t=103
I don't recall ever hearing such system in my country, so I expect this is a US-only thing (I'm from Europe). I don't think this kind of system would even be legal in my country, nor would it be socially accepted.
Semi-trucks work just fine with regular silent brakes in the rest of the world, so is there any legit reason to equip a truck with such system, apart from the driver thinking it is cool?
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For me it's yard equipment. Mowers, blowers, weeders, chainsaws, chippers etc. are usually not muffled or so high powered you can hear them for miles away. It's air and noise pollution. Electric equipment might replace some of it soon but not all. I love heavily wooded suburbs, but logically speaking it's not efficient and not sustainable compared to more centralized housing, for many reasons. Just on the noise front…
We live in a small subdivision. Around half acre lots - very flat. We have a lawn service, and they use riding mowers and are done in ~20 minutes. We have neighbors either side. One is retired. The other has a flex schedule. They both love doing outdoor stuff, like... riding mowers. Each take ~2 hours to do their lawn. This is their enjoyment . It's like a vacation for them. Sitting on a loud engine, driving around..…
Highly recommend getting awesome noise cancelling headphones if you’re sensitive to it, i looove mine (Sony WH1000XM4s) and basically wear them all day. They even do a decent job at low frequency cancellation.
I have the XM3, but these are producing quite some whitenoise when they do not play something while noise cancelling is active. Would you say that is true for the XM4 as well?
It's hard to take noise pollution seriously when you so much as read the comments here after reading and agreeing with much of the article. Yes I believe living under an airport to be detrimental to anyone's sanity, but yet it devolves quickly into an agoraphobic hand wringing competition going from city sirens, to cars in general, to the neighbors dog barking sporadically. There are prices to pay for living in city…
If my neighbor is renovating at 10pm because she's a single mom trying to flip a house while also working 2 jobs, I turn on a noise generator in solidarity. If that same neighbor starts listening to music with too much bass, my initial reaction is more negative until I realize I may be creating noise too when I'm yelling at video games or sports and she may not appreciate hearing that.
I believe a strong sense of community is the missing link in a lot of these stories. Understanding is typically a necessary step before acceptance, and most of us don't have the time or take the time to establish that understanding. The world is so busy these days, and our time so filled by all forms of electronics, the only time we run into each other anymore is if we happen to be working on our gardens at similar times.
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A little home for your dog within your home. It helps them feel secure and that they have a space that is their own.
Only Americans do that: https://old.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/hbpyvk/til_t... Personally I can't imagine loving an animal and putting it in a cage at the same time.
Anecdata but I recently got headphones with noise cancelling and my quality of life shot through the roof. According to my smartwatch, my heart rate is lower and stress levels are down. Unfortunately, I have to take my headphones off to go to sleep and I'm immediately reminded of the shoddy fridge in my apartment, vent noises, and my neighbor who doesn't realize it's 11:30 PM.
I wish ear canceling worked well but even with good brands I end up with hearing loss after prolonged daily use simply because the noise cancelling was making my hearing working all the time, without pauses.