Is city noise making us sick?
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2021
- Close your eyes and open your ears. What do you hear? Do the sounds you hear bother you? And, more importantly, do you have control over those sounds? As more and more the population migrates to urban environments - the urban population of the world has quadrupled since 1960. In fact, unwanted noise has become an increasingly critical problem. Join Glad You Asked host Joss Fong as she explores how noise pollution is becoming an ever greater concern for our health, how the negative effects of noise are unequally distributed, and how we can learn to find peace.
0:00 Intro
1:53 Is City Noise Making Us Sick?
4:57 Hearing Loss
7:14 Noise As A Weapon
8:49 Chelsea, MA
14:09 Noise Pollution
17:26 Central Park
20:00 Wrap Up
Noise can make you sick. I used to be nervous all the time and suffered panic attacks. I moved to the country and all of that disappeared. I never felt so good in my entire life.
I’m hoping to do this soon. Sadly I have to wait more than a year. Living with constant noise I think is a massive reason I’m so sick all the time. I grew up in the country until I was 13, that’s when all my panic attacks, suicidal ideation started, after we moved to an apartment by a busy auto parts shop and highway.
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I'm studying architecture and one of the coures I had this year was about noise and light pollution! One job we had, was to analyse a space or square in the city where noise and light was a problem. We then had to create a project that acted as solution. I think it's absolutely important that the next generation who studies architecture, focuses on the well being of the people and not only the buildings.
Light pollution? Wow
@@makkamara Yes! Isn't it amazing how we take light for granted? It just feels "natural", that we don't even notice it!
@@isabeljoana2562 as long as its natural lights its not a light pollution, if its from a not led bulb then u can consider that as light pollution
@@isabeljoana2562 haha the air's right Lol. I see a fellow arch student here. There was some interesting building work around light regulation rule that's quite interesting!!
Isabella this is so reassuring. I hope soon these courses and various other courses also light and noise pollution solution for humans as well as birds, animals, trees, etc. all living creatures need exact same things to survive
Cities in the Netherlands are amazingly quiet, we should follow their lead and move closer to car free cities
Downside: You live in the netherlands.
Maybe not car free, just encourage and fund other transportation like functional and reliable buses and subways and trains if available. Public transportation is really important and a necessity for some, too bad it tends to get overlooked.
Yeah I live in The Netherlands :) very true
@@satouhikou1103 that's an upside.
I'm from Switzerland which is also very quite unfortunately I live near a railway station... It's the cheapest rent in the cheapest city so I have to compensate with noise cancelling headphones everyday
Very timely for me as I'm currently experiencing anxiety from city sounds. I have lived in the city for 30yrs and never really gave noise a second thought. It was just a fact of life living here. But then lockdown from Covid came along and the quietness began. I noticed right away my body relax. So when we came out of lockdown and the sounds started coming back, my anxiety came back. But now I REALLY hear all the sounds and it's very difficult to live with.
I moved away from London a year ago and I didn't realize just how stressed out city sounds make me until I returned
I would really recommend getting some noise canceling headphones, they made me so much more relaxed. I can enjoy being in a crowed city center, without being overwhelmed by the noise
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Cities aren't loud, cars are loud, in the words of not just bikes
Noise cancelling headphones saved my sanity. I was seriously about to cry one day from freeway sounds in my bedroom drivng me up the wall. I bought ear plugs for nighttime and noise cancelling headphones for the day when I'm working.
do the headphones or the ear plugs work for blocking out people's voices inside the house or the tv or them moving around and stuff like that?
@@mariamlomishvili161 yes
@@conyquezada4443 Sure, I got the Sony over ear ones. They work very well. Almost all noise is blocked out.
@@mariamlomishvili161 Yes very much so.
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So happy you did this. Noise is overlooked as a health hazard, especially in NYC. I often wondered if I was hypersensitive, as it seemed to be affecting me psychologically… why did I do that?! It makes so much sense. You need peace and some sane level of quiet to be able to think, live, work, play.
Its RF radiation not sound. What do you think happens when you put millions of cellphones, wifi, and UHF radios in one place?
@@ynical Two very different things, don't bring your tinfoil hat in here please
Yes I definitely agree!🌟
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I remember years ago reading about birds that live near highways started to make “highway noises”
A lot of birds in cities have also begun becoming more and more monotone as it is difficult to sing over the loud city so they have to sing louder. This sacrifices certain notes that just becomes to hard for the volume they must sing at to hear eachother
that's actually so sad
@@saulbarquero8879 yep. Something similar is happening with whales. Whales are changing their pitch and notes to hear each other over the sounds of boats, mining and warfare which actually travel surprisingly far. Whales are requiring to swim closer to each other creating pockets of populations and lowering genetic diversity.
@@brianisme6498 And that’s aside from the deafening effects of the Navy’s LowFrequency communications which is Absolutely Destroying their natural “Geo-locational” abilities.
@@brianisme6498 owhno, there are actually some birds that sing 'higher'! I do understand in the busiest cities that it would be very difficult. But there are some birds that can just sing higher. It's what the netherlands discovered once the cities calmed down; you could hear all of these birds, but they sang a completely different tone from the birds in small towns
Makes me think of hospitals too. When I was admitted once my doctor told me they were going to discharge me a day earlier than they normally would because they thought I would rest better at home. The 20+ minutes of loud consistent beeping of IV machines and various monitors when a nurse couldn't get to me right away definitely made for restless sleeps.
Watched an amazing video by Not Just Bikes called Cities Aren't Loud: Cars Are Loud and it's amazing to see how quiet you can make cities if it's a priority
This is why most Americans live in the burbs - they escape the city noise but also cause a lot of it when they drive back to the city for work
So stop living in the city.
@@satouhikou1103 Reduce dependant people reliant on cars is a no brainer
@@WhiteOut- Cities are not for living in. They are for working in.
@@satouhikou1103 Look at cities in the Netherlands. They have planned their cities to help people live and work comfortably in the city
Let the cities. Go rural and prepare for the Great Reset
Poor sleep has a massive impact... Also the friction with neighbours and generations that comes with low income areas, where either students or road youth feel that noise doesn't matter, is super stressful and damaging for community cohesion.
When I was in my late teens I went outside to just get some quiet, and the A/C unit was off. And it was peaceful, except this steady roar in the distance. When I was younger I thought it was the sound of cold air coming from up north. Now I realize it’s the cars on the freeway about a Mile from my home. I don’t think I’ve ever once in my entire life heard complete silence.
the closest thing I've ever gotten to silence was climbing a mount on a one night camping trip. the wind was blowing but it was pleasant. you could only hear the wind. i've never felt that way till and since then. but even in nature, climbing down the mount i could already listen to the cars in the distance. it made me very sad. but i suggest climbing someplace high if you can one day
@@cipreste ugh that sounds so nice : ( where were you when you were up on the mountain. Thinking about taking a road trip soon.
@@chocowaff Gerês National Park, Portugal. i'm guessing from where you are you can't take a road trip there, but good luck finding someplace nice to visit friend
closest thing to complete quitness for some reason unnerved me. National Sequoia forest. I highly suggest woods+elevation
@@ayanomar1408 i think u felt that because maybe out of nowhere in the forest it suddently got quiet which should mean something is not right, and if u feel like some weird thing gonna happen u need to get out of there
Really strange that in an episode about noise pollution and sound sensitivity that there was no warning for the loud high frequency noise that just showed up out of nowhere. Especially when the episode encourages headphone use and is relatively quiet up until that point like jeez.
This needs to be the top comment
I had to rip out my headphones at that point
Maybe that was intentional?
@@maxnawas8405 Yeah, let’s intentionally hurt people’s ears.
Terrible edit
I expect a good way to cut down on noise pollution might be to take some of the cars off city streets by expanding public transportation and making our cities more walkable. My assumption would be that the less vehicles there are on the road, the less noise there is to affect our health.
That’s true! But I think it will be hard to accomplish as many people prefer or are more comfortable to commute using a vehicle of their own for privacy reason or something else. It’s not impossible, just needs a lot of hard work.
@@kei-xj1gw Of course-it's just an extra bonus of a body of policies it would be a good idea to implement anyway.
@@kei-xj1gw western privlage made people accustomed to not wanting to walk anywhere. go to the east and everyone walks
Tough sell to the car & oil industries who buy their politicians.
There are lots of problems with that. America is so large and our cities so expansive that public transportation is often too expensive of a solution for us. That and cars provide freedom of movement, they’re an asset you own, rather than rent like public transportation, and you have more privacy and contour over it. You can drive your car whenever and wherever you want, subways have schedules. No one wants to use the subway (or any other public transportation) when they could drive their own car.
I live above a church and I have to hear kids screaming and church service for 15 hours per week. I also have an upstairs neighbor. It's so horrible. I can't wait to move out.
Real shame that cars wasn’t the main focus of this video, when they’re by FAR the largest cause of noise. It makes it sound like all sources of noise are equivalent, which is just not true.
Also most construction work on roads is caused by them, direct and indirect cause of excessive noise
And also using silent asphalt could be an amazing solution for many places!
Car the largest cause? Maybe it depend on location, most of the time, neighbor activity, workplace, construction and transportation is most people feel annoying to
I live next to a highway where semis engine brake on a regular basis, I couldn’t agree more
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Already having 20 years tinnitus:
I go to the beach: idling vehicles, loud music and kids and parents screaming.
I go to the park: lawnmowers, leaf blowers, idling cars, and kids and parents screaming, dogs barking.
No escape. Not even home: traffic, loud music….
I’ve lost most my hearing already.
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traffic noise is one of the worst. in my city the old downtown was turned almost into a highway with a 4-lane straight as an arrow road right across it. it makes people speed up and the sound echoes along this straight and long street and intensifies. when you walk there you cannot hear the person next to you, and it's a historic site
"The old downtown was turned into a highway" makes my heart cry
Have you ever heard loud Arabs screaming (discussions are carried out in full force in Arab culture) nonstop on the street? Definitely worst than highway and siren noise. I lived 25 years in Manhattan…….
The booms from a mega base causes my breathing to become erratic. I start to choke unless I get away quickly.
I would love to see this video from an alternate perspective. I grew up in the mountains (in a, literal, cabin in the woods) and have strived to be with nature as much as I could when going to college. I went to the University of Colorado, Boulder which has very little street/human noises, and I lived out of town. Always keeping city noises in the back of my mind... I grew up like that. More in-tune with natural sounds. Every night, I listen to background street noises on my sound machine. Those are the ones that calm me as opposed to nature/forest noises. Same with my friends that come from small mountain towns. All my friend that came from big cities can only fall asleep with nature sounds. I'd love to explore this further. Loved this video!!
I wonder, would that not also depend on how loud it is? I have no idea how loud you play those noises on your machine, but I suppose it makes a difference if it's at 70 or 50 dB?
It's about monotone noises. Nature usually doesn't have those (well maybe rainfall or a stream?). After first childbirth our midwife shared a secret that we can use a blowdryer when the baby is screaming. Some parents put the baby in a car and drive around, or take the vaccum cleaner. But people living in the city are already so annoyed by all the car noise that when going to sleep it doesn't help us relax, it's quiter and you just hear it more and are even more annoyed.
@@NachosNVeganChili I grew up in the country and am now transitioning away from living in Los Angeles after living here for 10 years. Moving to a remote area where there is less city noise, and being remote like that makes me feel peaceful
I grow up in a rural area and I also experience this, street noise makes me feel less alone
Thank you for raising awareness of this horrible problem. The level of traffic noise in my neighbourhood is unbelievable and I cannot escape it anywhere because everyone is driving. It brings me to tears. 😢
I feel like the grinch “all the noise, noise, noise!”
But you sound like a human. We have a right to have some peace and quiet. It's not selfish, it's just human.
Hi Joss, could you do a video specifically on this bizarre phenomenon of LOUD CARS on the streets nowadays? You know, the dudes who pay extra to make their cars sound like they are driving on a NASCAR speedway? Clearly these men are compensating for something, but it seems that in every city I visit, this is a phenomenon now and police don't seem to be doing anything to stop it. I live about a mile from the 495 in DC; I spent over 15 years growing up in this house but never noticed sounds of the freeway. In the past few years, it seems every five minutes it sounds like there is a drag race happening in the distance. Sooooooooo frustrating. Maybe you could interview these people and see if they realize how much of a nuisance they are to others. I assume they just don't care.
I know this is a year late but yes! I'm currently suffering from a horribly unique and unknown hearing problem because an **extremely** loud motorcycle drove past me while I was just walking down the street a year ago! There are so many sports cars revving around here and now I have to suffer more hearing loss because of them.
I lived in nyc for a year. I was always feeling sick. By the end all of skin was itchy with welts. I had cystic acne all over my face. The week I moved out I completely cleared up. I barely slept at all there it was terrible. Thank god my fiancé and I realized this was not the life we wanted. But I’m glad we did it Bc now we live in an area we felt so comfortable walking down the street last night on Halloween it was quiet and felt so serene. Everything happens for a reason
i literally experienced a level of anxiety from the noises of this video.
there is nothing more glorious than living in the desert southwest, camped in places of total silence. recently, i wondered what that sound was that i was hearing, and realized it was the soap bubbles popping in the bucket of laundry i was washing.
That's freaking amazing!
Total silence is honestly terrifying. I'm so used of the fan noise because I literally put the fan right above my head so whenever there's blackout and the fan noise is gone I'm like "This is too quiet. I want the electricity back 😭😭"
@@oo8962 that makes me sad for you- so many glorious sounds you will never hear in your life. one of my favorites is being camped in the tall pines on a still, silent day, and hearing a sudden gust of wind coming toward me in the far distance, the sound of millions of rustling leaves getting nearer and nearer, wow.
So glad I found this. I just came back from NY yesterday. I used to live in there, but now I live in Virginia thanks to my military. Been here for 10 years now. And I have to say, I always look forward to coming back to Virginia after visiting NY for a few days like, yesterday for example. My emotions were overstimulated upon my return. My solution to calming back down to life in quiet Virginia? Hot yoga today. City noise does affect our mood and how we even do relationships, and respond to people. There's not enough money in the world that would make me go back and live in Brooklyn.
As someone who grew up in the country, i lived near the city for a couple years at one point and i couldn’t deal with the constant noise. My brain is use to quietness and it almost “triggers” my brain when i cant find any peace. I don’t know how city people deal with it.
Great topic. One of the biggest causes of noise pollution is cars. Just watch video from Not Just Bikes "Cities Aren't Loud: Cars Are Loud". Honestly, it was eye-opening.
Much resentment towards those who ride motorcycles with after market pipes to blast the ears of pedestrians… the world would be a better place if that “culture” would just go away
If car drivers would notice motorcyclists instead of just running them over, it would make it a lot safer to do without.
Much resentment towards those who weren't raised properly and always act the fool in public with their loud, obnoxious behavior. The world would be a better place if that "culture" would just go away.
@@iamsuperflush total gaslighting…. your tired argument I’ve heard many times and shifts the blame to the car drivers but completely unconvincing…if motorcycle riders were interested in safety then they should trade in all the black leather for orange and day glow green
@@austingrimes5189 many of us do but that doesn't stop inattentive text-and-drivers from being completely blind to motorcyclists.
@diascrive pound for pound, motorcycles do more to help the environment than EVs
America passed laws on Sound. We just need to hold our Government more accountable to enforce the sound laws
Those laws need to be enforced like ASAP! I’m hypersensitive especially with certain sounds. It also triggers my PTSD more than most realize.
electric vehicles make little to no noise. cities will be quiet in the future.
@@error-mc5xw or we could like get rid of cars entirely and be like the netherlands. (which would also mean less construction on roads)
@@error-mc5xw actually the main noise coming from moving cars isn’t from the engine, is from the tires. After 55km/h (35mph) tire noise is louder than engine noise so electric cars won’t be much quieter
@@edipires15 Hopefully Public Transport will improve to such a degree that less people will feel the need to take the car, that'd be great
It would be super interesting to know if this impact introverts and extroverts differently.
There’s research to say too much stimulation from the external environment negatively impacts an introvert’s performance.
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Sounds about right.
Can relate to it.
I totally agree that noise disrupts me all the time especially the noise from trucks and cars. There is real competition among some vehicle owners to max out the sound decibel range to ear rupture status. I wear hearing devices so I can just turn them off which sometimes I have done. I love the sounds of wind blowing which it does all the time here.
"Introverts" might have different selections of sense than "extroverts" and that would explain the different reactions to different environments. But the environment affects humans and animals all the same, it's just individually the environment is processed differently, through everyone's unique evolutions
Thank you for the video! I think the biggest thing that this video seems to not delve deeply into is that the noise in it of itself is not the producer of health issues (besides the auditory damage that occurs from high decibel noises). The noise creates a psychological (and sometimes physical response i.e. waking up at night as the video touched upon) response in the human body. The professor talked about our fight or flight response, but we also have a ''rest and digest'' response which is the opposite of fight or flight. With our ears being our alert systems, it alerts us of loud noises and kicks in our flight or fight responses. But because we're being overstimulated all the time in cities, we can't 'rest and digest' properly. With constant stressors in the environment, and little opportunity to relax, it makes us circulate more cortisol (stress hormone), and being too stressed is linked to higher likelihood of cardiovascular disease. So yes, the city noise is making us sick, but its because our body's alert system is constantly being overstimulated/stressed.
Great explanation.
Not me... I live on a farm in the middle of other farms... the most I hear is a farm tractor going by or roosters waking up in the AM... No street lights and an occasional vehicle goes by
The channel Not Just Bikes has a really good video about urban noise pollution too
I watch them too. The Netherlands seem like a dream
Alarms we are subject to in workplaces are often disproportionately loud - can be heard far from the area where danger is, or by people who are not those who need to be notified.
Auditory notifications COULD use a variety of noises, rather than just beeps. For example the fairly quiet noise of a rattling pill bottle to notify nurses that a hospital patient requires medication. Studies have shown those who need to hear it, quickly become attuned to hear it, while it doesn’t cause stress for patients who need rest, or at the very least, not to have their heart rate frequently increased.
In a more widespread scenario, workers who are exposed to lower noise levels are less prone to burnout, headaches, fatigue, lack of patience… Many people don’t notice, until the noise ceases, but you can see and hear a palpable sense of relief if a major machine is shut down. There are ways to reduce workplace environmental noise, and improve morale, employee retention, reduce mistakes… often it’s as simple as better noise insulation around motors. And changing back up beeps of moving equipment to be an alternative noise which is very noticeable to those in proximity, while not alerting the entire workplace of the movement of every forklift.
We can do better. And it would pay off for companies.
Noise can affect our mental health. Some more than others. Every so often I need to go to the peace and quiet of nature, and just listen to all the natural sounds such as the birds, the wind, water. It helps a lot! Anything unnatural affects us.
Just thought I'd mention: This noise is not good for people with asd who, like me, are hypersensitive to auditory stimuli. Ex. This has made it harder for me to find a place to live in the city, bc it is so unnessesarily noisy. Minimizing noise-pollution in the cities could really help making cities all across the globe more accessible to people like me.
You probably shouldnt live in the city then? Im just saying many people live in the cities bc that is where the best opportunities are, If noise pollution was such a problem, you can always live further and just commute, or find opportunities elsewhere. To be its asking for convenience and luxury that would be either really hard to find, or very expensive.
Can relate as I have ASD too, though I was brought up in a more rural area thank god. When I went to a big city for the first time, I nearly had a panic attack with buses, cars and other noise. At night I get annoyed if I hear a single car, that’s how removed from cities I am!
@@brzzzy We could get most of the way there by limiting traffic and the noise it creates. Traffic noise is by far the biggest issue where I live. It really doesn't have to be that way in cities either.
The Netherlands, especially the city Delft, has done a lot of work when it comes to reducing traffic noise. It requires that cities actually care about that though. I'm pretty tempted to move there, because this is getting very old very fast.
Yup this is especially true/relevant for neurodiverse folks, who already face a lot of disparities, such as lower life expectancy and average income than the neurotypical population. Plus a lot of us neurodiverse folks don't have the option of moving away from the city. For example, I need to live in the city because my ADHD makes it very difficult to drive, so I rely on public transit and walking, two things that you find almost exclusively in cities (especially in the case of the United States). I can't leave my apartment without headphones because the constant noise, mostly from cars, causes me to feel actual physical discomfort that is almost painful.
@@jocketf3083 What your saying is "ideal" but tell me how you plan on telling traffic to reduce their noise in a place like NYC. There's already laws there that your not supposed to use your horn, but you think people listen? You are talking about what works in a small city in Netherlands, but what about a huge international city like NY? Noise will never go away.
City noise has been a pain, but the urban hood of loud music, cars and gun shots have gotten worst. I’m ready to move soon.
Where do you live?
@@belovedsantoryu4568 Ima go off on a limb and guess somewhere in New York or Chicago.
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I’m 31 years old. First time I ever experienced complete silence was a few years ago when I got to go to a cabin for a few days for the first time in my life. It was so peaceful I couldn’t believe it. I want to leave city life so bad.
Do it. You won't believe how better you will feel.
Very important topic! I highly recommend the book "Noise - a human history of sound and listening" by David Hendy. The notion that modernity broght us noisy environments and the past was quiet is mistaken, although today's cities are indeed noisier.
As someone who has Auditory Processing Disorder where if I'm talking to someone, say, next to a busy street, I sometimes will focus on the sounds of the cars going by, birds, or other conversations than the conversation that I'm having with the person in front of me. And I have to constantly ask people to repeat themselves. So yeah, it'd be great if cities and even some suburbs could turn their volumes down.
And this is why I’ve slept with big box fans running all night my whole life, even though I live in a rural area, because the fans allow me to sleep peacefully without outside interruptions.
I had escaped the city and shifted to a countryside at the start of the year. Now watching this brought back all the memories of why I don't like cities at all :)
I live in a rural area, so all I hear are crickets, birds, and the wind hitting the trees.
I'm glad that this issue is being talked about more and more these days. I'm a Ph.D. Scholar and my work focus on how Noise Pollution in the urban landscape is affecting the mental health of people especially workers working in a noisy environment without protective equipment. It's really astonishing to see how people just ignore (even I used to before I started working in this field) the hazardous effects of urban noise which ranges from myocardial infarction, ischemic heart diseases, mental health disorders and this combined with air pollution deteriorates the health to an extreme level.
i remembered that i've been taught about noise pollution before (in elementary school probably?) but at that time it never really struck me as more important than the other types of pollutions i was learning bc it was never really elaborated further. but 14:10, noise pollution was second only to air pollution in terms of the size of environmental health threat in europe? wow that totally opened up a new perspective for me
I have been advocating this for years. THANK YOU
I live in an apartment in the suburbs and it's getting noisier out here. They're even building a new Amazon distribution center in the next neighborhood over. It was farmland at first. I feel I can't escape the noise. 😭
Move. Trust me.
@@lakecountynaturalist7617 I'd like to!
That’s why I’m glad I live in a small town. Easy to find peace and quiet. When I vacation at big cities. Even though I love it, the noise becomes too distracting, gives me a headache. I feel like I can’t think.
I live in Dallas and I have to wear earplugs while sleeping. The level of noise is incredible. It's like that all over the city. Something needs to be done about this.
City design and architecture is also crucial in keeping noise controlled.
I live in Paris and typical parisian appartments (haussmannian) have a view on courtyards as well as the street, thus you almost always have a quiet room sheltered from the cacophony of the city.
I don't think New York allows for that with its tall buildings
I am curious to learn more about the case in Paris. is courtyard view and quiet space mandatory in Paris?
@@eva8503 I wouldn't say mandatory but courtyards used to be useful for many domestic tasks so they are a typical feature of residential buildings from the hausmannian period.
Back then, the most wealthy inhabited the first two lowest floors above shops and businesses on the ground floor. This usually gave spacious appartments with high, ornamented ceilings, spanning from the street side to the courtyard side.
The floors from third and above were for the less wealthy and usually only open on one side of the building.
Aside from boulevards and avenues, streets are usually quite narrow here with single one-way lanes so speeds are reduced and honking only happens when the street is blocked.
It can still get quite loud but it's almost never a constant ambiant noise.
@@WesternUranus In NYC where I am located, the courtyard is a symbol of luxury! everyone wants it but only a few people can afford it. :(((
@@eva8503 I'm not surprised !
It can only be done in low-rise blocks and would be seen as a waste of space by any promoter, aside from structural reasons.
Also a dim courtyard with a 40 storey building around it would lose its purpose.
North-American urbanism and architecture is part of the reason why I never want to live there. I hope things will change for you guys, I'm sure you'll see the light eventually
I went to the NY Botanical Gardens on Sunday, and that is the quietest place in NYC where there is beauty all around.
First time I’ve clicked a sponsored on purpose in a long time. Kudos, Vox.
As I watch this my upstairs neighbors are bouncing on my paper-thin ceiling. They also do this at 11pm, 2am, and 4am. I also have misophonia. Moving soon thankfully but it would have been interesting to measure the effect on my health.
I have misophonia too and i relate. I’m trying to get out of apartments and the city soon because I can’t live like this anymore. I hope more research is done on this in the future I think it’s important. I know personally noise has a horrible effect on me mentally, makes me more alert and constantly in fight or flight mode, makes me suicidal, can’t even imagine what the body goes through!
Loud sounds/noises stress me too much. Even with my mountain biking, I really make sure that I have hubs that are as silent as possible so that I don't 'contaminate' natural sounds everytime I'm biking on mountain trails. Noise is a huge reason for me why I am not living in the city proper. Presently, I live on the foothills of a mountain that is adjacent to a city. To me, that's already a best compromise.
I was listening to this as I was walking to the gym and I heard 9…1…6.. and then that’s it. When they started bringing up other numbers I was startled and tried to listen again and nothing … I guess I have a hearing problem 😣
I live on a Main avenue in a city and I suffer from migraines caused mainly by anxiety and noise. Thankfully, I have double-glass windows and I can afford AC. It’s not ideal but at least I can lock noise out in times of real need.
me too :( a Main Street in the middle of Los Angeles and recently diagnosed with chronic migraine disorder.. the noise never stops and my windows are paper thin... I'm SO relieved to be moving next month
I remember a friend from Manhattan visiting me when I lived in rural Vermont and remaking "I dunno....it's too quiet out here" LOL
"Is ragebait making us sick?" Would be a good episode.
Noises is affecting my mental health lol can you believe this?
Yes, I think that’s a bigger mental health threat.
In rural areas, i prefer the sound of chickens, cows, dogs., And loud pipes of motors. They have same amount of noise levels, but the occurences of these noises are not always there. Silence is still dominant, on these areas. Overall, it gives me more alertness where these noise came from. Ultimately better for health, and lesser for brain process to filter what we want to hear.
I'm so thankful I live in a secluded subdivision in the city. The only sounds we have are of birds. M We're close enough to the highway to not have to use a car, but far enough to not hear the noise. I hope that in some way, land developers start thinking of what's best for the tenants/owners rather than maxing out the land and putting them dangerously near noise sources.
where do you live, philippines?
Child I couldn't imagine living around all that Noise, It's so Quiet where I live, I love it like this. Peace and Quiet
I dream of peace and quiet, its like a fantasy. where i live there are so many tricked out cars, motorcycles, loud music, etc. It's madness.
I live in a small city in rural Canada - We have a problem with biker culture, loud "mufflers" and toxic masculinity! Another thing I notice is the impact on the animals - there is strong evidence that even singular loud sounds, like a low flying helicopter, can disrupt bird nesting/reproduction. There are animals and beings near and far being impacted by even small city noise pollution.
Well, after living in big cities for almost 50 years a move to Vancouver Island has proven to be very beneficial to all of us. Even practicing via Zoom/Teams is proving to be a good thing. I have taken it up with the clinic director and she is all for it. The Mrs and the dogs and cats and chickens all approve as well.
This is sooo true. Thank you VOX & Glad You Asked from bringing it up. That truly deserves people’s attention!
A very informative and easily digestible episode.
Well done, Vox team.
Yup I live in the Boston area… right next to a firehouse and lots of ambient urban noise pollution. We’re leaving literally because of it.
I live on high way where all kinds of cars go through non stop and I feel very highly related to this. We’ve living here almost 3 years amazing area to live low crime area but the only bad thing is sound noise of cars and trucks that’s so annoying. The house we live in is absolutely beautiful and big and not many houses in London you could find but the rent we pay out family and the noise we get is definitely not worth 100% so we will move out. The noise it still hasn’t effected our sleeping pattern we sleep normal hours sometimes even myself I sleep make than normal hours up to 7 hours or sometimes 10 hours when am tired and for that it hasn’t effected our sleeping pattern yet. Idk if it’s something to do getting used to but it became normal to us that we don’t even talk about it anymore
I've never acknowledge how sound has affected my neurological system but I do often find myself agitated over noise I should welcome because my ears and brain are so sick and tired of processing noise.... until I lived in the middle of no where I didn't realize I'd grown accustom to noise while I sleep and that noise stimulation was contributing to insomnia... I used to think I couldn't sleep with out noise.... I know better now
For a year I made my bedroom my master closet... it was large enough for a bed, it had no air flow(nerve issues) and was pretty quiet except when people took showers in the apartments around me.... and I got soooo much better sleep I looked forward to my quiet cave
I love glad you asked. The filmmaking style, the infographics and the content is just amazing!
i’ve been to chelsea a few times to visit i didn’t know it had a sound problem but massachusetts in general is loud
Could have added a warning for that insufferably high and piercing shriek used to demonstrate inch length sound vibrations.
This is the first step, getting awareness out. Then we need to look at data worldwide for already proven solutions & try different ways to adapt them to our situation.
this video was made extremely well, beautiful editing, has better film-making than Johnny Harris, which is a high bar to beat! the best 20 min documentary I've ever seen
Can you do a follow-up about the effects of noise in a hospital, does that contribute to patient mortality?
I moved from an apartment in the city, into the a house in the suburbs, and i have never had to wake up in the middle of the night because of bustling sounds such as sirens, cars honking, elevator dings, construction noises, people shouting since then.
I lived next to the "L" in Chicago for a few months and my ears have been dealing with the repercussions of hearing a 120 db train pass by every 5 min, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It's a serious issue that needs to be addressed, and that time is now.
OMG! Those things are so loud especially when a train with older cars goes by.
@@lakecountynaturalist7617 Glad you agree, cause my landlord didn't! They said just use a white noise machine. Luckily, my ears have gotten much better since then but it's been over a year now.
Live in/near a city, then move out to burbs… watch the difference you feel. It’s PEACE
Autistic and add/adhd are very prone to sensory overload with experiencing too much or too loud of background noise. It's dependent on the severity of the condition. people with those conditions have a more sensitive sense of hearing again dependent on how much those conditions affect someone it allows the persons mind as the spectrum is on the high side it's easier for those individuals to shut out background noise as for the lower side it becomes something like a non habitable environment for them literally as if a normal person citizen were to be ploped into a war torn environment on the flick of a switch. It's something those people have to keep in mind or literally can't go there and need a guide through life because of the conditions that cause sensory overload. Concerts, party's, cities, large gatherings, trian horns loud music are among a few things that can cause that sensory overload. As for normal folks it's still not good for your mental and physically health especially people that work in environments that are high noise for 6-10 hours a day it can cause massive unnoticed stress. Stress is one of those things that's brushed off so often and it could possibly be one of the most unhealthy things you could possibly cause yourself among the things that cause stress itself lack of sleep, lack of self Care, over working, lack of appreciation. Not to mention mental health witch a lot of it can add to that stress with other neurological abnormalities.
I live in Chelsea Ma and every family that lived above me had undisciplined children that jumped around all day. It was a stressful time, the one place you want to go to relax.
I lived in New York city for 4 years and loved it, but I was also so happy to return to my 80000 people, small, quiet Bavarian town.
I live in an apartment in the suburbs and it's not that much better. My upstairs neighbors workout for hours, and also run back and forth in 500 square feet. My outside neighbors blast their music and even have wind chimes, when there is any wind, you hear multiple chimes all night. And we also still have sirens and trains too.
I'm getting more and more stressed about all the noise, I also read that emotional stress can make us more sensitive to noise and this pandemic and the last presidency has made us more emotionally stressed.
I'm in the same boat. I live fairly close to a main road so road noise is muffled but still very audible. My neighbors are LOUD. They're in a house 30-40 feet away but their music is so loud I can hear it in my own home.
This entire series is just "Does Breathing Make You Sick?"
Am I the only one who love city noise? I love waking up to the noise in the city. It's so refreshing and it gets me going lol
Short answer, without even watching the video - yes, certainly, of course, no doubt *at all* !! San Francisco in the weeks after shutdown March 2020 was a beautiful thing to hear. I was very sad when the noise slowly returned.
What do you mean with City Noise? Any noise is making us sick, the vegetative nerve system needs to relax and noise won't let it. The consequences are very painful and very expensive.
I lived a week in the country at my Mom's house. Happiest and most peaceful week of my life.
I remember they ran news stories asking this in the early 80's. What goes around, comes around.
We need to talk about open concept offices and open concept homes and noise. The trend toward making every space “open concept” is an acoustic nightmare and has made living spaces and working spaces a cacophony of sound, impossible to hear a conversation or work. Now work spaces are inventing things to work around the open concept model, like sound proof booths. Here’s an idea - Just have walls, rooms, and maybe even (gasp!) cubicles!!!!! IKR!?
1:12 I know this is not the main point of this video, but it's disappointing to see that Vox indicates East Sea as the "Sea of Japan;" there has been an ongoing naming dispute between S. Korea and Japan because Japan claims that Dokdo island (a.k. a. Liancourt Rocks; a small island located in East Sea) is their territory. There is numerous historical evidence all over the world (even in Japan) showing that this island is Korean territory (Koreans currently live in Dokdo, and Japanese can't even enter this island without their passports), but the Japanese government has been promoting the name the "Sea of Japan" to claim that this island also belongs to Japan. I wish Vox producers are mindful of these global issues as much as they do with other social justice issues they cover on their platform.
If you listen to music very loud in headphones, you may be making yourself deaf while trying to drown out other sounds.
I moved from Chicago to Arizona && when people ask how am I liking it. I literally always say the city is so loud & fast pace that Phoenix literally feels so much more comfortable & less distracting.
I am okay with a city noise. I have an opposite problem, silence is scaring me. I turn on a radio for a good sleep.
This must have been inspired by some outtakes of this show I saw last year where city noise ruined a bunch of takes during filming. Noise always seems to become a nuisance eventually.
Constant noise pollution is not healthy.
In the city I studied the only vehicles allowed in the city centre are busses or those who had "business" there (cars if you lived there, or trucks for retail). Thus, one day, when bus drivers were on strike, my walk to the university became really quiet, as all those loud bus engines and the general noise they cause from a big metal chassis moving around fell away. One of the most relaxing trips to uni ever
I've been living in a city of 80 000 people, I can't take it anymore. I'm moving back to my small hometown, 5 800 people. It's the best place ever, so much nature and the quietness is SO AWESOME!
Brilliant, Felt like one of Johny Harris's videos.
I feel what Joss fell. Thin wall/ceiling and noisy neighbour.
I have very sensitive ears (even tho my ears are very small) so sometimes my ears hurt when I hear semi loud noises, I usually wear earplugs tho and they help me a lot :) I also wear them to sleep because my dad snores superb so loud and I can’t sleep without them because of that reason 🤬
There are lots of sounds I like. I quite like the sound of bicycles, so there's a nice quiet way to travel. The most annoying sounds are sirens, loud engines, lots of different noisy mixed up music being played at once, sirens and car alarms, loud dogs, and drunkards picking fights. I mean there are loud sounds I like - loud dance music (as long as I can pick the time and place), and Bugatti Veyron engines (which are more rumbly but wouldn't want to hear it all the time in a city).