[mlrtime]

Living in Texas and Manhattan you should aware that we very good at adapting to our surroundings. The relative noise is not comparable between rural Texas and Manhattan.

I agree the city was quieter during covid, and would be quieter without cars. It's ridiculous to debate otherwise.

But a major is vastly noisier without cars than any normal suburb with the rare car passing by a residential street.

NYC will always be loud, cars are not.

[IG_Semmelweiss]

Noise pollution in big cities, particularly nyc, ranked starting from the worst factoring frequency:

Sirens

Construction

Buses

Semintrucks / public machinery (trash, etc)

Subway

Belligerent people

Lunatics

Inconsiderate people on motorcycles

Cars

Buildings / HVAC

Cars are near the bottom of the list

[mattzito]

I was just pointing out that the idea that one could go for “hours” without seeing a car is essentially impossible in Manhattan, even during Covid.