We have constant leaf blowers & lawn equipment. I don’t get it. There are only so many yards. How can it be constant 7-5 M-F?

You could say the same about cars: well of course there will be noise, how else would anyone get around???

Luckily, the muffler was invented, and the government mandated its use.

I find this thread hilarious… well of course there will be noise, how else would anything get maintained?
On the moon might be a different matter.

OP here.... I live in the McLean area. Most of the homes around here are new construction (i.e., infill development), expensive, and have extensive landscaping needs. I don't know why it takes a couple hours per house, but it does, and there are a lot of houses within earshot.

I had new double pane windows installed last year, but just standard double pane and not the sound ones where one pane is thicker than the other. Maybe a bad choice on my part.

I like the idea of electric leaf blowers, if the contractors abided by it. The gas ones are just awful.... anything with an unmuffled 2-cycle gasoline engine is just absurd in a high density area.

Quiet in FCC except for the occasional helicopter.

First started looking for a home in Bethesda because of its perception as a tony suburb (not from here), but heard planes constantly, and pivoted to NoVa.

Houses were too close together in Arlington, but wanted to be near commercial options, so ended up in FCC. Highly recommend!

However, if you’re in the beltway, you’re going to have to deal with some ambient noise.

If you want quiet, head out to you’re not dead, you’re Reston.

It's terrible. I'm moving out of state when my lease is up for some peace and quiet. This is unbearable.

Anonymous wrote:Not sure which neighborhood you live in. Ours has an occasional lawn mower or leaf blower or other contractor noise but nowhere near every day. We are surrounded by trees so lots of days the noisiest sounds we hear are the hawks, owls, and other birds and we love it.

Same. I’m surrounded by trees, and any noise is dulled. I like the sounds of birds chirping and lawn mowers mowing. It’s suburbia!

OP, where do you live? Mowing takes 15 min a week per house and you can only be close to so many houses. The math doesn’t add up that it’s constant noise.

Anonymous wrote:Buy windows with better sound protection. I replaced my windows with a kind that has specially ordered glass. The thickness of the inner and outer panes of glass are different and it helps reduce sound a well.

Coming here to say this. How old are your windows, OP?

Anonymous wrote:We live in a townhouse community with an HOA that has a crew come once a week so it's fine.

The irony of the suburbs is that everyone wants their own plot of land with a lawn in front and in the back, surrounded by similar houses with front and back lawns (bc density is bad) but they also want no noise from maintaining the lawns and also to live close to everything and not have their kids be "bussed" to school lol

True…and if someone tries to go three weeks without mowing their property is viewed as blight

I can’t imagine being bothered by noise of everyday life.

We live in a townhouse community with an HOA that has a crew come once a week so it's fine.

The irony of the suburbs is that everyone wants their own plot of land with a lawn in front and in the back, surrounded by similar houses with front and back lawns (bc density is bad) but they also want no noise from maintaining the lawns and also to live close to everything and not have their kids be "bussed" to school lol

Buy windows with better sound protection. I replaced my windows with a kind that has specially ordered glass. The thickness of the inner and outer panes of glass are different and it helps reduce sound a well.

Anonymous wrote:I have to wonder if the countryside is any better. A lot of land often means gunshots, ATVs, chainsaws, and more. The world may simply be loud everywhere.

Nah, if it’s true countryside you have enough land that the trees between the lots hide your neighbors sounds. You will only hear things if those are your own children.

I don’t mind the crews, they’re in and out. On my street there are two homeowners that use the same guy, yes one guy, and he’s out there from 7am to at least 1pm every Saturday mowing and blowing. It’s awful.