[trollbridge]

Reinforced concrete walls don’t keep out noise on courtyards and also don’t work as the decibels get higher and higher. Another major nuisance is the constant sound of sirens (often at night), or domestic disturbances spilling into hallways - the front door isn’t a reinforced concrete door.

People who value peace and quiet will select places to live where the neighbours don’t engage in domestic violence or otherwise do things that result in the police coming out with sirens going.

[rangestransform]

Triple glazed windows keep the sirens out pretty well, for everything else, living in a building that poor people can’t afford seems to work

[TingPing]

Something I learned is that some cities just don’t use sirens. It’s not really necessary for low speed areas.