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You know you live in a BIG city when...the constent sound of sirens in the back ground is the norm
It made me think of a friend of mine.
He sold his small,older,house in a quiet residental area of a city of about 7,000. ( he built a new house on land he owned out of the city)
An elderly couple from Minneapolis bought the house for retirement.
After only a year,they put it up for sale so my friend stopped by to see what the reason was.-----"too quiet" said the wife.
She missed the noise of the city and specifically mentioned --"sirens"
It made me think of a friend of mine.
He sold his small,older,house in a quiet residental area of a city of about 7,000. ( he built a new house on land he owned out of the city)
An elderly couple from Minneapolis bought the house for retirement.
After only a year,they put it up for sale so my friend stopped by to see what the reason was.-----"too quiet" said the wife.
She missed the noise of the city and specifically mentioned --"sirens"
Strange to many folks !
Different strokes for different folks. I am in the heart of the city and just moved from a very busy street to a dead end and miss the noise, families walking by, etc.
I get enough noise from the train tracks across the street.
When I did a stint of railroading on the CN Railroad in Canada it was an odd arrangement. Up there the distance between cities is too far so they have camp cars where you sleep right on the train. Not bad until a freight train passes by 2 feet away. They said you either get used to it in the first week, or you never do.
I couldn't wait to get back to the USA even if it was staying in hotels.
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When I did a stint of railroading on the CN Railroad in Canada it was an odd arrangement. Up there the distance between cities is too far so they have camp cars where you sleep right on the train. Not bad until a freight train passes by 2 feet away. They said you either get used to it in the first week, or you never do.
I couldn't wait to get back to the USA even if it was staying in hotels.
In 72 or 73 I rode a freight train from Chicago(or St Louis, I don't remember) to SanDiego, Ca. (I was on my way back to Mich, from Tx, on foot), It took over a week to get to Ca, so I slept on a pile of straw in an empty box car I was in and fell asleep by the rythym of the wheels rolling on the tracks.
I get enough noise from the train tracks across the street.
My grandparents have a line that goes through their property. When you go out the sidedoor the line is only about 80-100 feet away. Trains come through about 2-6 times an hour depending on whats going on at the Big Four Yard. When they come through they literally rock the house.
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