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Re:New York rolling out noise law, listening tech for souped... by mensetmanusman on Friday May 20, 2022 @06:24AM (#31445468)
Tolerance for noise decreases as the median age increases. As NYC becomes very grey (having pushed out many families and due to collapsing demographics), it will be more like Singapore where technology is deployed to punish nuisance.
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Re:New York rolling out noise law, listening tech for souped... by april_22 on Friday May 20, 2022 @07:03AM (#31445731)
Good point. More and more cities are starting to punish noise with tech, some German cities want/are implementing no drive zones in city centers for certain car types. Good for noise reduction and environment.
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Re:New York rolling out noise law, listening tech for souped... by throwaway0a5e on Friday May 20, 2022 @06:37AM (#31445543)
>Tolerance for noise decreases as the median age increases

I think this is only true above a certain income threshold.

You need to have paid away a bunch of other more pressing problems before you have spare fucks to give about the kind of noise other people are making (except in the most egregious cases).

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