Too many Americans live in places built for cars – not for human connection

Re:Too many Americans live in places built for cars – not fo... by gautamdivgi on Thursday August 25, 2022 @11:29AM (#32595046)

Kids are noisy and have plenty of energy. You don’t want to be staying below me in an apartment building. The noise of my 2 kids jumping and running around would drive you nuts. And oh - they will have friends over as well. And if they’re doing band or music practice - oh boy :)

Yeah - they could go out. But they’ll come back in and its messy and noisy everywhere.

It’s just the way kids are. I guess folks need to be careful what they wish for. I’m all for accessible and densely populated housing. But I’m used to the noise.

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Re:Too many Americans live in places built for cars – not fo... by kuschku on Thursday August 25, 2022 @12:18PM (#32595923)

I'd have no problem with having you as my neighbor. Living in a German brick apartment building, when my neighbor has his subwoofer on maximum, I can still barely hear it over the sound of my own breath.

I can watch movies at cinema reference volume at home at 3am and my neighbors don't notice it either.

Your problem isn't with apartment buildings, it's with shoddy american construction standards.

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Re:Too many Americans live in places built for cars – not fo... by refurb on Thursday August 25, 2022 @09:11PM (#32602154)

Nahhh... even the best apartment buildings suck compared to a detached home.

I've lived in all concrete apartment buildings and you can still here some noise as it travels through solid concrete pretty well.

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