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Originally Posted by MandoMan
Purchase an inexpensive decibel meter app for your cell phone and measure road noise from various distances from a freeway near you. Maybe sit in a lawn chair with a friend during rush hour at its loudest and try to hold a quiet conversation. Measure the level at your house now, too. I live a block from 466 and a block from Morse, but there are a dozen houses and lots of trees between me and them, and I’m usually in the house with the windows closed. Even outside, a quiet conversation isn’t a problem. But do your homework!
Every block between you and the freeway helps. Every house between you and the freeway blocks some noise. If you plan to sit out on a patio, make sure your house is between the patio and the freeway. And understand that you will still hear it, always. What matters is if you find it bearable.
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Oh, for crying out loud. Homes north of 466A are quiet neighborhoods with no hum at all from traffic traveling 75 MPH. Traffic noise from the larger arteries inside The Villages, such as Morse Blvd and Buena Vista Blvd will never ever sound as bothersome as Turnpike noise when trucks are humming along at 75 MPH. There is no comparison.
Personally, hubby and I didn't want to be close to Morse or Buena Vista because I enjoy a very quiet neighborhood, especially when I'm outside on my lanai. Our hearing is still excellent so I never would live anywhere near the Turnpike.