Craig Schaefer: Been living downtown for a month and it's still a delight. The noise at night took some getting used to but now it's like rainfall. The muffled thump of music from the bar across the street, late-night conversation from a sidewalk cafe below my window, it's strangely soothing in the dark.

Been living downtown for a month and it's still a delight. The noise at night took some getting used to but now it's like rainfall. The muffled thump of music from the bar across the street, late-night conversation from a sidewalk cafe below my window, it's strangely soothing in the dark.

That's one of the things I miss from living in the city, and I enjoy getting to hear again whenever I do a NYC trip or the like. Urban background white noise is a whole soundscape.

This. I hate it when wall-neighbours make too much noise, but outside noises are fine. Weird, I know.

Oh, no, that makes perfect sense. One is invasive, the other is environmental.

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