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Re:A proposal to roll back exclusionary zoning would make ho... by coryrc on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @01:49PM (#17971192)
It's much nicer to live densely when your 100s of neighbors within earshot don't play music loudly, let their dogs bark, sit on the street playing drums at midnight, etc. like in the USA.
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Re:A proposal to roll back exclusionary zoning would make ho... by apathymannequin on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @07:22PM (#17974444)
I just got back from Japan and it is always surprising whenever I first get into town how quiet everything/everyone is both in their homes and walking around.

A major factor there is the lack of cars (and higher buildings to wall out car noise from highways) compared to where I live, but even so people are just quiet. It was weird for a while, but coming back to the states I really miss it.

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