I hate how fucking loud cars are, even when they’re being as quiet as they possibly can be. Just the sound of them passing through space and their tires on the road is so fucking loud.
I’m currently sitting in my hammock, at the back of my apartment complex, probably 300yd from the road, behind three 2-story buildings. The road noise is constant and loud. No honking or anything, just tires on pavement at 50mph.
If the personal automobile had never been invented the apartment I live in would be half as far from my work as it currently is and my road would have a lovely quiet street-car running along it instead of stupidly loud rubber tired cars.
I’d be able to walk to work in 20-30 minutes or bike/trolley there in less. And what would I lose? A lot of noise pollution and a machine I have to pay a couple hundred dollars a month to maintain.
it's kind of incredible how far vehicle noise carries. when i worked out doors in remote places, you could hear a single vehicle or big truck jake breaking and if the wind was right it would carry for miles. like enough for someone quietly working to note it. after living and working in places like that for a few weeks, the depth of hearing is insane. when you can open a window and hear the wind move lazily through grasses and trees a hundred yards away, you are dialed in to your surroundings.
living in a typical city with all the cars, it's like living in a fog of perennially shifting white noise generators. i'm lucky if i can hear something in the next room.