I'm mildly uncomfortable- call the cops!

[technical.angel]

When I moved into my house, the side of the house I had set up my bedroom in was next door to a neighbor with several VERY LOUD kids and a dog they finally got rid of (big sigh of relief).

Did I complain when they were playing right outside my window while I had a migraine? Heck no, I just moved my bedroom the other side of the house.

[amphrite]

it's the WEEKEND and I am DISTURBED!"

Yes sir, apparently you are.

[chainedbarista]

SR: "I'm not calling them! I want YOU to call them! I work 80 hours a week and it is SATURDAY and they are DISTURBING me! I pay $XXXX in rent to live here!"

ear plugs; get some.

[LibraryLady]

A few years ago I worked in a restuarant that was right beside the fire department, and I lived a block away from the hospital. I heard sirens all day and all night. Pretty soon you just tune it out.... Then one day I was heading home and came very very close to stepping right in front of a speeding ambulance 'cause I hadn't noticed the siren

We have that here too, infinitemonkies.

There's a firehouse on the next block and a hospital down the street. Sirens, anyone? There's also a all-night garage right across from our apartment and we're directly under a landing pattern for LaGuardia Airport. When the wind is just right you can hear the Long Island Railroad and the horns of ships in the harbor. Does anyone have a problem with all the noise? Not that I've heard but then, after living here for over 25 years, I may be a little bit on the deaf side.

[candyshopgirl]

I live right down the street from a little league field.I find it refreshing and nice to hear and see children playing.Too many kids don't play anymore.

Sorry all I could think of when reading this was the phish song lyric:

if children playing all around
to you is noise not pleasant sound
and you'd be lost on the playground
then this one is for you

[Red Hand of Ulster]

Apparantly, you get used to it. I have friends who own a small weekend-home in a gardening colony close to the train tracks.

Oh, you definitely do! We moved into our house in 1971 when I was not quite 3. I only moved out about 10 years ago. The house is 1/4 mile from the railroad tracks. We get trains at all hours since we're in a very heavy agricultural area and the harvests start coming in. Especially the lettuce.

After about 3 months, I guess, we had completely tuned them out. Occasionally, though one of us would notice one if we happened to be awake in the middle of the night. If the air was moving in the right direction, it did sound like it was coming through the back yard.

I actually kind of miss it.

[artifical sweetner]

i lived right next to a train track several years (the building was literally next to the rail)

people would call me and while a trains was going by people would be like OMG WHAT IS THAT-- THAT TRAIN?!!?

id be like huh? oh yea ...

you def learn to become accoustomed to it

[Argabarga]

I'd purposely buy a house near the trian tracks just so I could watch them from my windows.


I read a story somewhere about some folks who like the OP moved into a new development and then started bitching about noise from the adjacent railroad tracks.

They apparently strong-armed the town into passing an ordinance that trains were not allowed to blow thier horns when passing through just to appease the morons

Only to quickly get served with papers from the FEDERAL government telling them they didn't have the authority to trump the existing transportation regulations that the train can and in fact MUST use it's horn for every grade crossing it comes to, have a nice day folks.

[Mordecai]

I'd purposely buy a house near the trian tracks just so I could watch them from my windows.


I read a story somewhere about some folks who like the OP moved into a new development and then started bitching about noise from the adjacent railroad tracks.

They apparently strong-armed the town into passing an ordinance that trains were not allowed to blow thier horns when passing through just to appease the morons

Only to quickly get served with papers from the FEDERAL government telling them they didn't have the authority to trump the existing transportation regulations that the train can and in fact MUST use it's horn for every grade crossing it comes to, have a nice day folks.

Lol Owned.

[AriRashkae]

Either this guy was just looking for an excuse to complain, or his hearing is like that of a bat.

I live about a mile or so from a railroad crossing, and I can still hear the trains when they go by. I don't mind them, since the sound is quite distant and not loud enough to bother people. But I always wonder how the people who live near the railroad tracks can sleep at night.

We've got them running behind our pasture... not sure of the distance... 1/4 mile straight from our windows, maybe? The access road for the water treatment plant (which also used to be part of our pasture. ) runs across the tracks, so the trains always have to slow down and hit the horn when they get there. It's not that bad, because there are several hours between runs. Or maybe it's just something you get used to. I know the cows and roosters kept annoying my husband at first (although, over the baby monitor they do sound rather strange. )

[Teysa]

I live close to the railroad tracks. Not right next to them, but close enough to hear the trains. Funny thing is when I first moved here, they annoyed the heck out of me. Now if I sleep somewhere without any trains nearby I find I miss them.

[Antisocial_Worker]

I live about a mile or so from a railroad crossing, and I can still hear the trains when they go by. I don't mind them, since the sound is quite distant and not loud enough to bother people. But I always wonder how the people who live near the railroad tracks can sleep at night.

Your inquiry has already been answered a dozen times by now, but the way I do it is with earplugs. My apartment is in a tiny complex on one of the busiest roads in town. Sirens and literally thousands of cars up and down the road all day long, and on the other side of the road are the tracks used by trains delivering coal to the power plant three miles away.

I work nights, so I sleep during the day, too. That means I'm in bed asnooze when the road is at its peak traffic, with the trains coming and going all day and night.

Earplugs are a godsend. What's interesting is that the trains going by shake the ground just a bit, too. It's actually a relaxing sensation when the bed (and the walls and the floor and everything else) vibrates just a bit, although I worry every time about the aquarium in the living room.

[Anakah]

Too bad said jackass couldn't have had my neighbors lol I had (who got evicted for being too loud---finally! ) really loud, obnoxious and rude neighbors who thought it was okay to blast their music so hard that my walls thumped and I thought it was an earthquake. We don't get earthquakes out here. They'd leave their front door open and sing loudly as possible (yell a lot too) Now, I get it but in an apartment you have to respect others.

To your idiot though, he must have been bored or just wanted to complain. I would've traded a soccer team over my old neighbor anyday!

[Dave1982]

There's actually a book that has a major subplot about a town full of entitlement whores who think that they should get compensation because of jet noise. The town happens to be right in the overflight area of the largest runway of a major international airport.

Airport, by Arthur Hailey