[marssaxman]

Rural areas can be noisy, too, depending on the ecosystem: birds, frogs, crickets, and cicadas can all kick up quite a ruckus. One can get used to just about anything.

[ericd]

True, those sounds are somehow less grating, though. I hate two stroke motors with a passion.

[genter]

I've yet to hear an animal so loud that the walls of my house shake. My neighbors car can do it no problem.