I think I got lazy (Page 2/2) A_Lonely_Potato MAR 08, 09:53 PM quote Originally posted by Patrick: You like sirens??!!! At one time I owned a home on a through street one block away from the local firehall. (Apparently it was the busiest firehall in all of Vancouver.) All day and all night long, those firetrucks would be lumbering by my place with their sirens wailing. I lived there for 18 years. It. Was. Awful. As strange as it may be, yes. Obviously not directly in front of my house, but hearing them echo in the distance just adds to the general cityscape ambiance. Gunshots however, I'd rather do without... 82-T/A [At Work] MAR 09, 08:59 AM quote Originally posted by Patrick: You like sirens??!!! quote Originally posted by blackrams: Gunshots and sirens don't do a thing for me or my peace of mind but, to each their own I guess. Rams Hahah.. I think what a Lonely Potato is saying is not right by his window... but instead off in the distance. Which is the same as what I meant when I said it. If you're living several stories up, maybe 100 meters from a major city street... you will generally hear the quiet sounds of cars driving, braking, accelerating, horn honks, wind going past buildings, rustling of the city trees right near-by, etc. As he said... it all adds to the ambiance. It's not loud, it's not right by your window, but you hear it. This was the building I grew up in off Connecticut Avenue when I was about 1.5 to 7 years old. I remember it like it was yesterday. Our apartment was the third one up (basically, the first balcony without columns)... really the 4th floor, but it was called the third. My bedroom was the window directly to the right. The DC Metro Subway was about 100 meters away... I could hear everything from the street, and even the escalators going down into the subway. Loved every minute of it... and would love to live there again, but the cheapest one of those apartments is just shy of 5 million dollars. So no chance in hell I'm buying one any time soon.