Do you have a lot of noise outside at night, and does it bother you?

I do live on quite a busy street, and my house is quite near the street, however I had double glazed windows put in when I moved in.

The noise worried me for a bit as I came from 5 acres where the only noise was my animals and a boat going down the river.

However there is now still quite a bit of noise, but I do not notice it and it does not worry me.

Coming from inner Sydney I was used to it when younger.

by Finy

Not too much noise save for the helicopters. Far out, I cannot imagine what it's going to be like when this second airport is built! Also, some idiots down the road are always riding their motorbikes through our street, mind you, it's a cul-de-sac.

by Vee

No I have a park and man made lake across the road so....frogs...frogs...frogs! Tis nice

by Fran

We can get a fair bit of noise outside sometimes, but it is not from cars. It is either from people congregating on the street, talking loudly, or foxes screeching. For the most part it does not bother me, but there are occasions when it wakes me up. If it is foxes, I can usually get back to sleep, but if it is people, I can't until they move on.

by Bryony Harrison

I live in a mobile park village, and it is absolutely wonderful.

They make sure people do not make any noise.
Speed limit is 8 klms so I'm very spoilt.
If people are having a party, which is like 2 a year....they let us know.
Lights out for that stuff anyway at midnight.

I love the peace and quite.

All we can hear is the Native birds!

by jonaja

sounds peaceful Jonaj -I would have thought it was noisy....are there no young ones?

Young people don't really like the lifestyle, and the 'Villages' are not really all that keen on young families....If you have one grown child...as I do, then its o.k.
It's big money now to get in and they have become very strict.Noise is Not tolerated.

I sleep very deeply so a bit of noise doesn't bother me too much. However, if it gets too loud, that's a different story!

by Carolyn Hopping

I don't have too much noise. I can't sleep if neighbours are playing loud music - but it rarely happens

by AJ

No, where I live its like a ghost town at nights. You may only hear some TV sets but load noise and traffic no.

by dwatk

I live in a very quiet street,and I am such a light sleeper that when anything untoward causes noise,I wake immediately! I far prefer that my dogs make a fuss though,just in case it is something serious happening outside!!

by Jules

No, we live in a lovely quiet street with a park across the road. Every now and then there's a party somewhere but it's so rare that I don't care - good to hear people having fun and I just lie in bed and enjoy the music.

by Sandy Ludinski

Our street is pretty quiet, so we are lucky.

by Diana Nairn

My street is pretty quiet so any noise disturbs me, especially crickets during the warmer months. We do have the odd idiot racing through the street but that is rare.

by helga

Coming from nearly fifty acres I found it difficult for a good while but it really is a fairly quiet neighbourhood. I do wake easily but if the dogs are not barking, I go back to sleep easily. The worst thing is the street lamp. . . it is as dark as the inside of a cow on acreage and I am aware of the street lamp more than anything - even with wooden blinds and curtains.

by Rice

It's very quite in our street at night, as we live in a col-a-sac' It's when we stay with 1 daughter in Melbourne on a 6 lane road that it's noisy, as we've been moved from a blowup mattress in the back room, to the bedroom by the front door, when the boarder moved out! Now I wake up about 6 times a night! (Ear plugs don't help either!) But I'll put up with the noise, because our daughter & lovely partner do everything for us while we're down there for a week at a time. But that's getting away front the question!

by Miro

3rd last word: From, not front...the question!