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Larch trees were the most effective at absorbing sound out of the 13 species tested in a study which aimed to find which trees could help reduce the impact of urban noise pollution the most, co-led by Professor Jian Kang (UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources). https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines...orb-most-sound
To be effective sound barriers, trees must have foliage that reaches to the ground.
One way or another, people get away from noise. In the US what happens is people increase their yard size.
There's 8943275876 posts on this forum about sprawl. If people were really interested in curbing it, they would look at the reasons why people sprawl and try to account for that. One of the simplest solutions would be to up the noise proofing requirements on multi tenant living. Will it increase house costs? Yep. Will it make more people likely to consider multi tenant living who don't really need a SFH home though? Absolutely.
I agree with that. Living in an urban place shouldn't mean no rules.
I live in a dense urban district, but it's pretty quiet due to the quality of the building, being on the interior of the block, and having a condo association that deals with barking dogs, stereos, etc.
A house would be noisier. What if some a-hole lets their dog bark outside?
Yea, I agree that managing noise should be a priority in urban areas to make them more livable. There are a lot of technology and policies out there from urban cities around the world that have made them more livable and pleasant, but I guess the question is how to implement such.
To me, the worst noise is that in the movie theater. The high volume of the soundtrack that is played at the movie theaters is deafening. Many people, especially younger people who go to see a high action/high noise level movie will sustain hearing loss.
Also, listening to music through ear buds and headphones is also causing hearing losses. There are times when I am on the street and I can hear the music from another person's headphones.
I think people aren't as concerned about noises because many are going deaf and don't know it.
I don't think the OP was posting from the southern hemisphere. Instead I think they could have worded their post like: "Fall is now a continuous drone...". I don't think they were saying it was fall when they posted, in April 2021.
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