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Safety for who, exactly, Garrett? Because the common people aren’t safer with this overreach

This has happened

Being good at science has led to having an expensive hobby… in my case anyway haha

Fair. I had done this on my house, so perhaps the distance from the street meant only a small amount of noise needed to be blocked

Thank you. I hope you find a solution, too

I keep asking my therapist if my tolerance has gotten lower with age!

I’m actually living in a tent “dispersed camping” for the summer while trying to give my nervous system a break. I know how insane that sounds: camping long-term to get away from noise. But I haven’t been this relaxed in a few years, so it’s worth it to me

I am highly sensitive to sound, and it honestly has ruined my life at times when I’ve had to live in apartments. (not only do I fly into rages over excessive and/or long-lasting sound, it also gives me migraines that make half my body go weak). There aren’t really options for preventing sound bothering us using sound-proofing. That said, windows are likely your main source of problem if it’s coming from the street. You could try making sure the weather stripping is intact, cover the window with foam board, and also using plastic sheeting around the windows to create an air gap. They sell this as draft insulation at hardware stores.

You could try covering the sound with a noise machine, but if you’re like me, you will find the constant noise exhausting.

I swear we need designated “quiet” neighborhoods so people like us can just live

It was suicide by cop, but I need to stress that itself is police brutality.

He said he didn’t want to live anymore, and refused to drop a knife while approaching the officers. All 3 fired at him.

Yes. It’s why I’m in university in middle age, acquiring science degrees. Unfortunately most of what I’ve learned is “we don’t know yet”!