One-way street
By Kristen Howe
@KristenH (33591)
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
April 22, 2017 12:08pm CST
Mylotters, before I moved to my apartment 2.5 years, there was one minor con against the many pros. And that was listening to the sound of one-way traffic coming off the highway and into Downtown on a one-way street. My apartment is a few seconds away from the exit ramp for my street, too.
Mainly between 8-10 PM every night, I have to turn up my volume on my TV, because the sound of traffic drowns out the TV shows. Not too loud, mind you, just enough that it could be annoying. Over time, I had gotten used to it.
Do you live in an one-way street or hear traffic where you live?
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
22 Apr 17
I can just imagine... maybe one reason we moved to the country! But now we have a very noisy sump pump that discharges right outside our bedroom window. Someone didn't do their homework when designing this house lol!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
22 Apr 17
Ours is close to the house also - but by a guest room so not really annoying. You can get a plumber and have that changed if it really bothers you but it could be costly. We can't run ours further out since we have septic lines in the way.
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
22 Apr 17
Oh man! I wish you can do something about that @hate2Iron.
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
23 Apr 17
Where I live, you don't hear the traffic. Where my Mother lives she is right on a main drag but she likes it. She seems to like the constant hum of traffic Kristen.
But here in my apartment complex there are other noises to deal with. I might prefer the sound of traffic.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
23 Apr 17
@KristenH Yes you know that sound then..and not much we can do about it.
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
24 Apr 17
@TiarasOceanView Yes I do. So true Ocean.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
22 Apr 17
Thank goodness we live in the country and most of the traffic on our road is from tractors!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
22 Apr 17
@KristenH The cows and roosters across the road are deafening at time LOL
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
22 Apr 17
@AbbyGreenhill Now that's real loud enough to give you a wake-up call.
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
22 Apr 17
I do struggle with it. Between that and my cat's meows and caterwauls, it gives me a headache.
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
23 Apr 17
Same here Valerie. Where's a sound barrier when you need them? *sigh*
@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Apr 17
There is some traffic in my neighborhood and some of my neighbors like to play their rap music loud during the evening on the weekends from time to time.
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
23 Apr 17
@Deepizzaguy That's annoying George. I don't know what kind of music my neighbor plays.Sounds classical and in a broken record play.But the talking/laughing is louder than the music.
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@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Apr 17
@KristenH For the record I cannot stand rap music like many of my classmates in the late 1970s hated disco music. The so called music lasts about one hour and then it gets turned off. Then on the holidays the preachers come to the corner section to preach some gospel.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
22 Apr 17
i do as i have the room with a big window fairly close to the road. but over the past year and a half i have gotten used to it also.
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@OreoBrownie (3755)
• Commerce, Georgia
22 Apr 17
No, I would go nuts dealing with what you do. I live off the main road and almost no traffic comes here except for people leaving and coming back home.
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
22 Apr 17
I do get nuts sometimes and wish my soundproof walls would block the sound of incoming traffic. Lucky you.
@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Apr 17
We are lucky that way living in the suburbs. We have a big main street here too and ramps heading onto bridges leading to the city side but right where we have our house we cannot hear a thing. In fact some days it is so quiet that if someone suddenly said boo I just might faint.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
22 Apr 17
Yes twice a day, those going to work and those getting off work but if they would repair the holes in the pavement the noise would not be bad, but as it is the sound if loud. I need a privacy fence to bounce the noise back.
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
22 Apr 17
That sounds like a great idea. At least I'm not alone hearing passing traffic.
