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Is a dryer INSIDE a home louder than a neighbor's A/C unit? As for dryer sheets, we use the ones without scent, but everyone has their own preference. Personally, this seems like a trivial problem. I live in a neighborhood that has noise from lawn service almost every day, and I am a very light sleeper. So what, it wakes me up if I am taking a morning nap. I am an early riser and enjoy a quiet and dark morning, and may take a nap later in the morning. I have conditioned myself to mostly ignore lawn mowers and neighbor's A/C unit. I have never/never heard someone else's dryer or smelled their dryer sheets. I do notice FedEx and UPS trucks speeding through the neighborhood daily. These things are noticeable but do not irritate me. Activity in the area just means that people are living their lives. When I lived in a villa, I would occasionally smell cigar smoke from someone that enjoys a smoke on their patio or lanai, but that didn't bother me. Life is way too short to worry about trivial issues that are easily ignored. If someone else's dryer sound or smell bothered me, I would simply go inside my home until the issue was finished for the day. I don't even get bothered by my neighbor's yapping, ankle biter pooch that barks just to hear itself bark. The sounds of daily life are just proof that we are still alive. Enjoy while you can. You can always purchase a cabin in the 'glades, but you might have to listen to insect and bird noises.