Too much noise!

[Cbsteffen]

I've felt that way before too. I remember a book titled "Too Much Noise" by Ann McGovern. It was about a man named Peter who complained to a wise man that his house made excessive noise. The wise man told Peter to get a cow, then a donkey, then a sheep, then a hen, and finally, a dog and a cat. The cow, donkey, sheep, hen, dog, and cat were talking all the time, and then Peter started to go crazy. Then the wise man told Peter to dismiss all the animals. After he did, the sounds his home made didn't bother him anymore.

[Shandara09]

I live in a rural area, so I don't have much noise when I go outside.  When I visit my parents, it is a little noisier, but it doesn't irritate me.  I wouldn't like a busy city, though.

[Screwedupclick4life337]

Sometimes listening to the environment an nature is a relaxation thing for me I enjoy it sometimes

[pmagalei]

sometimes the noise is helpful for me so I can sleep. And sometimes I agree with you that it is hard to concentrate when there are a lot of noises everywhere. I believe the people who reside in the cities have gotten used to it. There bodies have gotten used to that day in and out.

[aflyingmonkey]

I opened my windows today, since it's nice out and I wanted to air out the house a little.
The noise from outside just about drove me batty! 

I can hear the traffic from the highway about a quarter of a mile away, and I swear, it sounds like they're coming up my drive..
Plus the birds, and the kids, and just people talking- it was all so LOUD!

I don't know how people who live in big cities stand it.

It's easy.  When you've been around it all of your life, you don't even hear it anymore.

I would guess you get used to it. For me, it was just such a shock, after being closed up and quiet in my house all winter.

lol
Ever since reading this, I now hear the birds all the time.  They are a noisy lot, but they sound cute chirping away.   That is the only sound I hear coming from outside, so it just sounds like nature.  I must have not been truly hearing it.  Wonder when it will get on my nerves, I probably will "forget" about it after awhile again when it goes back to being just white noise.  Sounds lovely though, for now

[Penwoir]

Now that I am in my late 40's, I love the quiet more than ever. However strangely, I love to hear kiddies playing outside in the street, I find it quite therapeutic. I think it reminds me of when I was a child not feeling well and I had to lay in bed with my bedroom windows open and listen to the shenanigans of the kids outside. I felt like I was halfway outside with the windows open. I also find people mowing their lawns equally therapeutic.

[patti4me]

I guess I'm one of those people that just get used to noise.  When we bought our house we didn't realize it was so close to a train track and it did take quite a while to get used to it but now it doesn't bother either of us.  We've been in this house almost 38 years .  Now, when the grandkids all come over and get playing in the house, that drives me nuts after a little while.  Thankfully their parents will have them settle down after a while. lol

[CharmedPhoenix]

I wish I could hear more bird song.  I put out feeders to attract them to my garden.

I live in a small rural town with one house between my apartment building and Main Street.  Sometimes the traffic is a bit annoying, but usually I can tune it out.  The neighbors, across the wall, in the house work in their backyard almost every day clanging, sawing, welding, etc.  The guy in the next apartment blasts his TV and radio, many times both at the same time due to his mental health problems.  Another neighbor has dogs and kids that can be noisy at times.  The kids like to climb up on the wall and mess around.  Yesterday they were shooting their BB gun at the birds.

That all sounds a lot noisier than it is.  Right now it's quiet except for the occasional car driving by sound.  I don't count the birds in the noise.  They're music.

[monnee]

If you live in the city for a while you get used to it.

[melissaotto1982]

You learn to block it out I think.

[marciaenglish]

I think if you lived in a big city you do pretty much "block it out"!  Probably, you just get so used to it!

[kaitsilva]

I live in a city so sometimes we get neighbors obnoxiously blasting their music through the windows, which is the pinnacle of annoyance!

But birds and the sound of a few cars driving by? That sounds rather pleasant, actually!

[southernhorizons]

I'm glad we live in the country. I could never stand the noise from a city. The traffic even out here is occasionally too loud.

[Bigpar31]

I hear ya lol get hear ya. Any way. I live next to a hwy its hard to get my 2 year old daughter to sleep and take naps but we make do.

[jcalexis]

my block is too quiet. I only hear walkers talking on their cell phones. Sometimes early in the morning, I hear birds chirping.