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Re:Why Do Hospitals Hate Sleep So Much? by hedora on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @10:46AM (#18609259)
You forgot my favorite. In California (and probably other states), the building codes for apartment sound proofing are much weaker than for condos.

If you wanted to sleep, you shouldn’t have chosen to rent. Your landlord couldn’t be expected to pay $1000’s [1] extra to build your apartment, after all.

(1) https://www.remodelingexpense.com/costs/cost-soundproof-insu...

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Re:Why Do Hospitals Hate Sleep So Much? by usaar333 on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @12:53PM (#18610640)
I hear this claim thrown around a lot, but I've never seen the legal code pointing to a difference in minimum standards for apartments vs condo. Section 25 (http://mlacoustics.com/projects/multifamily/CA.noise.final.p...) treats them the same.

Do you know where the differing laws are?

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Re:Why Do Hospitals Hate Sleep So Much? by krrrh on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @12:07PM (#18610169)
Counterpoint: regulations like these are part of what leads to an affordability crisis. It all adds up.
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Re:Why Do Hospitals Hate Sleep So Much? by shados on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @11:04PM (#18615304)
I don't have anything backing this up, buty personal experience is that NIMBY is partly because of the lack of proper building code. People are TERRIFIED of neighbor noise, most of which could be dealt with with better insulation.
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