The quietest places in the loudest cities

Re:The quietest places in the loudest cities by the_mitsuhiko on Sunday February 11, 2024 @03:54PM (#39338586)

According to this page the noisiest city in Europe would be Vienna. I have some doubts about this. I have no idea how they measured this but I would expect there to be some bias in the data.

Noise levels are very hard to measure as they are very different depending on where in the city you live. It also is even harder to measure in practice because the building standard can greatly affect how loud it is inside.

For Vienna you can find noise measurements online and really outside of very busy roads the city is pretty quiet: https://maps.laerminfo.at/

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Re:The quietest places in the loudest cities by jahnu on Sunday February 11, 2024 @04:44PM (#39339072)

Haha, fellow Vienna resident here and I live on the Wienzeile in the 5th. It is one of the quietest cities on the planet considering the population density. The 5th has the same population density and area as Hell’s Kitchen, New York and yet half the time you wonder where the heck everyone is hiding, it’s so quiet here.

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Re:The quietest places in the loudest cities by tharkun__ on Sunday February 11, 2024 @09:10PM (#39340662)

My ultimate test, because I like opening the window(s) to get proper fresh air: how loud and/or stinky is it if you do just that?

I've lived on busy intersections on the 2nd floor where you really didn't want to open it at all for both noise and stink although noise wise it was fine during the day when windows were closed.

But all the air exchangers in the world can't beat actual fresh air from an opened window.

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Re:The quietest places in the loudest cities by jahnu on Monday February 12, 2024 @04:02AM (#39342907)

Yeah that's a good test. As soon as it's spring or so our windows are tilted open all day long. By 6am it would be too loud on my street to sleep with windows open, however.

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