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by xwdv 2025 days ago
Um excuse me? Suburbs are filled with the sound of gas powered leaf blowers and monstrous riding mowers all the time from landscaping companies often for hours at a time what makes you think noise is the reason drones will be banned?
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Drones tend to have a discordance and dimensionality to the sound that lawn equipment lacks.
Yes definitely; it comes from the four motor whines all slightly out of tune with each other. It's a very annoying and alien sound.
It also triggers survival instincts due to the similarity with the sound of swarming insects.
The average suburban home doesn't get 3 leafblowings a day.
Doesn’t have to be the same home, any home can be getting blown and you’ll hear it.