alt Hacker News> But even just a half second of a car horn going off right next to you every so often is intolerable.
You must not have a neighbor with a car whose alarm constantly goes off at random points throughout the day right outside your window. You eventually don't notice it. Speaking from experience
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craftkiller • yesterday at 10:55 PM
I actually do, and I still notice it every time. Some asshole across the street rides a motorcycle and every day he revs his motorcycle which sets off the alarm of some other asshole's van.
budman1 • yesterday at 6:38 PM
live by a railroad track. takes about 6 months till you don't notice it. at all.
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To state the obvious, it's better if it's calm:
https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/indicators/health-impa...
On getting used to it, people adapt in that they stop consciously noticing the noise, but it's still constantly processed and grinding on one's environmental awareness.