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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live on a semi-busy street in the city.  There's often some noise going on in our house, but we did replace the windows which significantly reduced the noise.  Most of our neighbors sit out on their porch on nice days and the traffic is not overwhelming.  We don't have any issues sleeping at night, but everyone sleeps with a white noise machine (even those of us with bedrooms on the quiet side of the house).  [b]One positive of living on busier streets is that the foot traffic cuts down on opportunity crime.[/b]  [/quote]

Huh. I always guessed the opposite - for instance, someone could quickly up and take your package and keep walking?  Or are you saying with everyone out and about, people are less likely to do this. . . ? [/quote]

IME yes, also things like car break-ins happen more frequently on the quieter streets.  There are many more potential witnesses on the busier streets.[/quote]

Yes- I’ve lived on a very busy street for the past ten years. Never once had a package stolen from my front porch.

To answer the larger question, I don’t LOVE living on a busy street, but it works out fine for my family. I’m paranoid about pedestrian accidents when I’m walking with my family and our kids learned at a very young age to cross streets very carefully. We invested in new windows and it made a huge difference- I don’t notice street noise with the windows closed. We do get a lot of dust on the outside of our house and I wash the windows monthly (from the inside).

We are on an ambulance route (Missouri Ave close to Georgia). It’s not noticeable to me anymore and my kids sleep great through noise. But family visiting have a hard time- we need to lend them the white noise machine and had to put blackout curtains since the streetlights are always on.[/quote]

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