[Monarch Butterfly]

Residents shouldn't live in a city if they don't like noise. There are plenty of far-flung suburbs that are quiet at night. I used to live within earshot of Broadview Station and the screeching from the streetcars was pretty constant, as was the constant noise from the Danforth, but I understood that that was a trade-off of living in a central location.

Of course TTC can make efforts to mitigate noise from its operations for nearby residents and users, but I don't have a very large violin for people who live in central areas who don't like noise from daily operational things like subways or emergency vehicles. I can understand construction noise to a degree.

To Monarch's point above, Chinese cities are like the final boss of overstimulation, and if a billion people can live being surrounded by city noise at all times I think the folks in the nice houses near Castle Frank can make do, too.

Then those who move out to the country side will complain about the animal and bird noises as the sun rises in the morning. Or the manure smells.

 

[nfitz]

Or the manure smells.

One of the reasons I'm quite happy not to live in KW any more. Along with the pyres of burning towers in the spring from making maple syrup.

 

[kotsy]

The trestle bridge for the Lower Don crossing is one segment away from crossing the Don River.