.... They learn and remember and accept that along the rail line there are businesses and people who want to be there to take advantage of the transportation, and who willingly tolerate the noise or other drawbacks. People can then choose throughout their lives to gravitate towards or avoid such "stable" infrastructure. It's cheaper. People are happier. The economics are better.
WM: People also get inured to the noises of their area, even though, to a certain degree the noise is part of the rhythm of life of their block or street. Mine, being on Lake St., acts as a clock. The busy times, the calmer times. Sunday morning, deep night quiet. There is a sursurus of car complaints--bad mufflers being most frequent, with flat tires close behind and flagging tappets rarely. There's a certain number of hotshots who consider the car to be an extension of their anatomy, laying rubber for the hell of it. Traffic tie-ups on Lake St. are felt by a vibration in the windows and light bulbs blowing in the dining room chandelier.
The little side streets, though, a gems. Time to move slowly (30mph is really too fast). The check for kids who slide between cars, glance at gardens and new paint jobs on the houses. Time to admire the line of a roof or a fence. Time to discover naives and visionaries tucked away.
You're just lucky I don't own a big noisy truck -- or maybe I'd drive past both of your residences at all hours of the night every week.
WM: I doubt we'd even notice unless you ran into the signs in the middle of Lake St. They get knocked down on the average of once a month it seems, year round.
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