The unfortunate externality of pollution, noise or otherwise, is that one group of people (power customers, power company) with political or economic power benefits at the expense of a third party (local pollution victims.)

It's disappointing that even if you manage to avoid the noise hellscapes of large cities, which perhaps might not be completely unexpected, you may still be stuck in a picturesque rural or small-town noise hellscape of loud wind farms that prevent you from sleeping at night. Basically noise becomes inescapable.

(edit: moved to top level as intended)