Dining, shopping, banking and postal facilities are within a few minutes walk, and being off the main road assures a
minimum of traffic noise.
Steve: Once we got deep enough into the park to get away from
most of the traffic noise, we talked about how birds use the park and other green spaces.
It's on a major thoroughfare, so there is a decent
amount of traffic noise, but it almost sounds more like ocean noise — that constant whooshing — which I actually find very soothing.
The metallic creak of the cable as Petit walks; the rustle and hiss of wind passing over his clothes and through his hair; the muffled
sound of traffic noises floating up from 110 stories below: «The Walk» makes these and other sensations palpable, along with Petit's delight, defiance and moments of doubt and fear.
The hotel is located in an alley behind the main drag, Ekareach Street — near the Caltex petrol station — so the
majority of the traffic noise is cut out yet it is still very central.
Another fine advantage of Maenam is that the main road runs a long way back off the beach, so there is very little in the
way of traffic noise for much of the length of the beach.
Carol Bird, a real estate professional in Malibu, Calif., says one client asked to spend a significant amount of time in a home listed to get a
sense of the traffic noise during different times of the day, while another buyer wanted to try out the home's many high - tech features.
If you're a light sleeper, or at least one that is easily disturbed, Mayo Inn probably isn't for you — the room we looked at on the third floor was still catching quite a
bit of traffic noise and it wasn't a very busy time of day.
For this reason Zermatt is a haven for skiers, climbers, mountaineers and hikers but, thanks to a law prohibiting petrol and diesel - fuelled vehicles the town is mercifully
free of traffic noise - any vehicles are electrically powered - and air pollution.
We liked room six on the western side of the building as it has lots of light with a large picture window at the side and a great valley view although the lovely (and honest) owner mentioned that that room gets a bit
of traffic noise.
The fence would help to create a sense of serenity from the traffic and maybe even block out
some of the traffic noise and give buyers a sense of security.
Gives me inspiration to tackle my side yard... A water feature would do a lot to improve the feel of the space and block out a bit
of the traffic noises (I live on a particularly busy street).
While we couldn't completely muffle the noise, we used a small water feature to take the focus off of
all of traffic noise and sirens and found the spot much more enjoyable.