I hate how fucking loud cars are, even when they’re being as quiet as they possibly can be. Just the sound of them passing through space and their tires on the road is so fucking loud.
I’m currently sitting in my hammock, at the back of my apartment complex, probably 300yd from the road, behind three 2-story buildings. The road noise is constant and loud. No honking or anything, just tires on pavement at 50mph.
If the personal automobile had never been invented the apartment I live in would be half as far from my work as it currently is and my road would have a lovely quiet street-car running along it instead of stupidly loud rubber tired cars.
I’d be able to walk to work in 20-30 minutes or bike/trolley there in less. And what would I lose? A lot of noise pollution and a machine I have to pay a couple hundred dollars a month to maintain.
Most people don’t realize that your car is for your bosses benefit, but you have to pay for it. It’s a way for workers to subsidize private capital.
Thankfully near me it’s very rare to have car noise outside of rubber on road and the one guy whose Nissan Altima is seemingly super broken and makes a horrible squeaking noise that fills my whole apartment around once a day.
I genuinely don’t blame him and feel bad for him, it’s definitely a “I know I just can’t afford to fix whatever is horribly wrong” noise and not a “Loud car = Big penis” noise, but it sure is annoying.
The worst are the ones with the modded mufflers that sound like gun shots
it’s not at all unheard of for assholes to modify their cars to be loader to let everyone around know they’re insecure about their masculinity and are a jackass to compensate
The sound pollution is truly one of the worst parts. It’s why most sidewalks are basically unusable. You can feel the adrenaline spike when a car zooms past on the sidewalk.
Listening to the drone of rubber on the freeway rn as I walk back from lunch thru the parking lot at work
Cars have completely fucking ruined urban spaces in this country
You know what they say, cities aren’t loud, cars are
