It’s an IQ thing. Low IQ = likes to make a lot of stupid noise for no reason because they have nothing else going on up in there. High IQ = prefers silence which allows them to concentrate on intellectual musings.

New neighbors just moved in next door, they are from some far flung part of Md, Hagerstown I think, anyway they let their dog out at 11 every night and it barks, and every morning at like 7, and it barks.

I don’t get it, this is Nova, we don’t do that here, it’s so quiet, you very rarely ever hear a dog bark. I hate the sound of barking dogs. Absolutely hate it.

There are zero barky dogs in my neighborhood. I’m not sure what they don’t get. It’s not that kind of neighborhood.

I think this is a timing issue more than anything else. If I sleep between 11 pm and 7 am and you sleep between 1 am and 9 am, I’m going to be aggravated by a party at 11:30 pm and you’re going to be aggravated by leaf blowers at 8:30 am. It’s not the fact of the noise, it’s when it happens.

Anonymous wrote:I see so many articles like this, basically a grievance stream, and it just convinces me further that we have moved from an honor culture to a dignity culture and now to a victimhood culture.

https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/honor-dignity-victim-cultures/

Totally agree. Everyone is a victim. No one can deal with the slightest hardship. Every wrong must be righted. Every person must be tended like a rose.

I grew up in the Midwest and certainly NOT rich. We were poor. When I moved to the East Coast, people were so loud. I didn't get all the loudness.

My family isn't rich, we aren't WASPs, and we didn't go to an Ivy League school. Some places accept loudness differently than others. I don't like yellers but I agree that newcomers shouldn't dictate the standards of the community that they move into, though. Buy a noise machine.

What is wrong with you? Maybe because they are at peace with their soul? Why scream about it? Why are you reading the left-leaning Atlantic anyhow?

She has a good point in her article and it’s all true.

Anonymous wrote:I think Xochtil Gonzalez has found a profitable niche in grievance peddling. Much of her other work is similar and keeps her busy in the current climate of outrage and endless activism for all and every perceived injustice.

Or she’s good at her job.

I think Xochtil Gonzalez has found a profitable niche in grievance peddling. Much of her other work is similar and keeps her busy in the current climate of outrage and endless activism for all and every perceived injustice.

Intelligent people like quiet because it facilitates thinking.

OP: I understand your position because you grew up in a noisy environment and noise is comforting to you. Nevertheless, it is unfair to subject your neighbors to noise.

The author says my quiet infringes on her joy - but I’d say that her joy infringes on my joy which is quiet.

I used to be homeless and very poor. I loved quiet then.

Poors gonna poor

I see so many articles like this, basically a grievance stream, and it just convinces me further that we have moved from an honor culture to a dignity culture and now to a victimhood culture.

https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/honor-dignity-victim-cultures/

And yet another article. Now it's "white people are bad because they like quiet". Though to be fair this is more of a socio-economic question than a racial one. As soon as anyone gets any level of money, they move out of their loud, noisy, population dense neighborhoods. And this is not exclusive to the US. Check any country in Latin America, SE Asia, ME, etc. Wealthier suburbs are always quieter, safer, with more walls. This is not a US centric issue but more of a human population one.