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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
I agree. I have said that for years. One simple step that could be taken is to require leaf blowers to be battery-powered, not gas engine powered. I would think that it would even be better to require the grass-cutting professionals to sweep their grass clippings from the residential roads and their customers' driveways. This would cut down on noise greatly.
.......It would be difficult to cut down trees and branches without gasoline-powered chainsaws. But, there may be chainsaw models with large batteries? Loud cars, trucks, and motorcycles are less often around than the professional grass-cutters and would be hard to stop legally. So, we are stuck with them.
.......Many Villages will NEVER care about loud noise because they don't hear well enough to be bothered by it. But, I consider this to be a good thread to make people aware of the problem. And it has gotten 4 pages of interest so far. But, it will NOT change anything in our lifetimes. Maybe some future generation will be smarter and appreciate the deterioration of hearing that loud noise produces. And it causes anxiety that is real, but often not even felt at the conscious level. It has ruined the careers of some musicians and rock and roll artists.
.......In the meantime keep some earplugs available in your pocket.
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Good answer. Other communities ban the use of gas powered leaf blowers, or they have one company that takes care of a whole neighborhood, so you only have the noise once a week. Not in The Villages obviously. It seems like each homeowner has their own service, so you hear the people behind you, next to you and across the street, basically every day. I wonder if the noise is less in a villa neighborhood. Many of the courtyard villas don't have grass, so you won't get the constant mowing and leaf blowers. Of course you probably get more barking dogs.