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Old 02-25-2010, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by MargaretR View Post
Does a cement wall of a courtyard villa make a good sound buffer on a street such as St. Charles?

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I have a CYV that backs onto Odell circle, we get almost no road noise in the house. While sitting out back you do hear raod nosie during the day. But I grew up in Brooklyn NY and the road noise on Odell is nothing comapred to city nosie. I find it rather soothing.
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