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    1 day ago

    I mean, no. LA is huge and there are a ton of neighborhoods that don’t have massive interchanges surrounding them. This is a silly post.

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        17 hours ago

        No, it’s the wording of the title. Without additional context it could be read as referring to all people in Los Angeles

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        17 hours ago

        English is vague like that

        Edit: I think we’re filling in a space and we each subconsciously pick one.

        Ex:

        TIL that [some] people in Los Angeles live completely surrounded by traffic

        TIL that [all] people in Los Angeles live completely surrounded by traffic

        TIL that [there are] people in Los Angeles [that] live completely surrounded by traffic

        TIL that [the] people in Los Angeles live completely surrounded by traffic

        Etc.

  • BassTurd@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    I know of some people that have left New York City and found. The quiet unsettling. I like the quiet myself, but some people enjoy the noise. Obviously that disregards all of the other bad stuff associated with this.

  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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    Many moons ago, I lived about 20 feet from a Union Pacific railroad track. Gotta give credit to the engineers. They really tried to quietly sneak by every morning at 2:00 AM. As quietly as you can sneak a freight train anyways.

    I kind of wonder if that’s a better or worse experience than living right next to a major highway.

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        I can win this.

        I live across from level1 trauma center with an active helipad, and across from a busy freight rail line where trains are required to sound their whistle as they traverse the level crossing underneath the skytrain (like a subway but elevated like the Ell) station, as tractor trucks pulling off the highway need to cross under and over to get to the industrial recycling plant.

        At any one time we could hear road traffic, subways whooshing to a stop, a helicopter, ambulances, police escorts, fire trucks, and a 100db train whistle about 200 feet away. The guy driving the 3am train is a continual dick as he stands on the bleeding for like 10 seconds.

        Sounds rough. But we got triple-pane windows and now all but the whistle is gone. And the highway is Canadian so it’s no big deal.

        So forget the last paragraph. Do I win? ;-)

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          24 hours ago

          Buried the lede for a humble brag.

          I live in a HOUSE in Canada.

          Whoa Mr. Money Bags.

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      10 years ago I lived by both at the same time and can tell you the train is quieter unless the conductor has to blow the horn to alert traffic the train is passing. The train ran along the back of our apartment and was about 3 apartments away so maybe 75 to 100 feet from track. The freeway is about a quarter mile (several times further than the train) and semi-trucks are still louder than trains.

      Living next to a highway is so much worse.

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      20 hours ago

      I lived next to all the points just before a main railway station. A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WENT LIKE THIS.

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      23 hours ago

      I lived in the 07306, USA. I wasn’t ready for the soot accumulation inside the apartment. I didn’t understand it then; but I do now.

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    I have only been to LA once and I saw it in a really bad way. There were atmospheric rivers, so the place was in a deluge, for a place that basically doesnt get rain it it was wild.

    The traffic was unreal and I have lived near DC for decades. The highways in LA are massive.

    Even though the weather was rough, I did love the city and want to go back.

  • Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Watching vanderpump and seeing all the filler shots of the city layout made me want to rip my hair out with how fucked that city is

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    19 hours ago

    There’s a tiny little suburban enclave in my city that is entirely surrounded be freight and passenger rail lines. Teres only one road in and you have to cross the train tracks to enter

    I think about the people who live here more than I reasonably should.