Noise Pollution
 

Do you notice how loud and obnoxious trucks, cars, motorcycles are on the TV streets?

Some days I can't carry on a conversions with friends while my windows rattle from the exhaust noise. :mad:

Those are modified/broken exhaust systems on those vehicles and should be against the law.

Most retirement community's are 55 yrs.+, wouldn't you think at that age, they would have it out of their system?

We have air pollution, water pollution, and now noise pollution.

Your Thoughts Please

How do you know they are Villagers?

Decades ago, Florida had a vehicle inspection system, I remember when relatives that lived here told me it was repealed and showed me a picture of a "legal" car with no doors, hood or trunk. It has been going downhill since.

We moved here especially because we had to endure ten years in a multi-family neighborhood with excessive Noise from teenage music and loud cars.

What about the guys driving through the Publix parking lot with the windows down and playing extremely loud music? Is that illegal or just deliberately obnoxious? What is their purpose for doing it?

We like quiet, that’s why we bought a house that is not on a busy road, it’s not too close to any busy roads, and it abuts a wildlife preserve. The only traffic noise we ever hear is the occasional far away sirens from emergency vehicles.

I don't claim t know. I had a friend may years ago, when boom boxes were the rage, they buy them because they know it annoys others.

Exactly where do you live?

Forget about cars, trucks, and motorcycles - thats just temporary.
How about the idiot neighbor with the wind chime 12' away from your lania that runs 24/7 and sounds like someone ringing your doorbell nonstop! - now thats noise pollution!

I agree. I hate wind chimes. They should be banned.

Oh please..noise..be grateful u can still hear

I back up to a through street, a couple of blocks from the fire station. The main street noise I notice is the firemen driving their huge fire truck past my house with the sirens going and honking their horn as they blast through the four-way stop at the corner, three houses down. It seems to happen twice a day, right at meal times, and they always seem to be headed North to Highway 42. I've about decided they're just making a BBQ run to Artman's.

On the other hand, I've noticed that the older I get, the more the noise of people having fun without me bothers me, which is odd, since my hearing's getting so bad I have to blast the TV a full volume just to make out what they're saying half the time. So maybe it's just me.

But the great thing about living long enough to see the 21st century, is that now there's a place you can always go to complain about stuff like that -- the interwebs!

This looks like your first post. Hello, and welcome.

Might be amusing to organize one day a year where you can tell your neighbor what about them annoys you. The price would be they on receiving your letter and correcting the issue get to do, to expect the same from you.

Wind chimes. They have moved. I had a neighbor and someone gave him wind chimes.
To be honest, they never bothered me and I never said anything about them. Not sure if someone else complained or not. He put rubber bands around the tubes so he had a silent wind chime.

I do not claim to be perfect. I do the best I can. Code of good conduct. I do not do what I object to others doing.

As I've posted in the past. I have a friend who bought 140 acres, with his brother and they live on a fairly wild piece of property in North Carolina. There are choices.

That is one considerate neighbor. I have no problem at all with silent wind chimes.

The quiet was a draw for us, too. So far, haven't seen the quiet. Most contractors seem to buy trucks with loud mufflers. Everyone has a different contractor for this and for that. They come in loud any day of the week. I had one sit in his truck yesterday blaring his comedy album. At one point the comedian said F*** this and F*** that. I was outside working in the yard and I noticed that he would wait until a lady or group of ladies were walking dogs and replay that section as they walked by the tinted-windows of his/her loud truck -- I guess to have fun attempting to offend.

As far as multi-generational and teenagers -- didn't leave that behind either. In my new neighborhood, there are still teenagers. Not 30 day visitors either, full families raising kids in the villages. I spoke to one family at the family pool and they were under 50 with 3 kids. They said they were living in the villages on a year rental until they decide if Florida is for them or not -- the husband has just been transferred and the wife was a stay-at-home mother. They were nice, so that was a plus -- and figured it wasn't my job to discuss deed restrictions and renter rules. Another guy is under 45 and raising his 14 or 15 year old alone in a house on the same street. This same guy goes to the quiet pool and blasts AC/DC and Hip Hop music every time.

Apparently, so many people have been bothered by this that a white Villages neighborhood watch truck comes by the quiet pool every 30 minutes each day as a result.

I'm not hating The Villages, but I figured things were going to be a little different -- I guess I am a little disappointed. And yes, I know anyone can buy in The Villages, but was told that not everyone can live in The Villages.

Document, photograph daily with your cell if necessary and report. This community is based on self monitoring. The Villages respond to reports. They need to be valid though and not just plain harassment. Check deed restrictions. You will be doing us all a favor.

What?

Same here. We bought a small house on the last street in our village. No through traffic...

Nothing more noisy than Harley with straight pipes ( baffles removed) or weed eater, blower with muffler baffles removed.

Yes, but hubby tells me Harley is working on an electric bike. I like them very quiet. The fun in riding for me is in the actual skill of riding. Our BMW LT is quieter than many gas golf carts.

The lawn people drive me nuts! But I keep repeating to myself, they are making noise for a good reason.

Electric Harley’s will never sell. :)

Someone burns their dinner everyday, lol.

We have zero noise from traffic at our house. One day we were sitting on the lanai and the entire fire department was in front of our house and we didn’t hear them. We do hear the trains which we love. Also I do like wind chimes but don’t have any at my house.

I can’t help thinking this post is a set up
 

but if noise is bothering you here , then I can only suggest monastery with monks who have taken an oath of silence

Report the kids…….
https://districtgov.org/departments/...andardsFAQ.pdf

What is a quiet pool? TV has Priority Pools, Regional Pools, Neighborhood Pools, and Family Pools. Not one has a sign that says it’s a quiet pool. Neighborhood pools, are 30 and over, but rarely are they quite

I told me realtor not close to freeways or even major roads. I’ve done the busy roads and have heard the jerks in their cars. Usually young-uns

Here's some noise pollution for ya:

AC/DC - Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution (Official Video) - YouTube

Seriously???? at that age? what are you 99? where is it written that after 55 everything goes dead?

Not only is that idea ridiculous and ignorant it's also insulting. I feel sorry for whoever has to live with you, you must be a real treat.

SMH

LMAO I like that one!

oh please yes, and tell me which village because I can give you guys a ton to document... keep you pretty much busy 24x7x365


SMH

The leadership of the state of Florida and the leadership of The Villages is lacking. When the bottom line defines the law of the land we are in trouble.

We have wind chimes but not the tube kind. Ours hardly ever chime because they are heavier flat metal.
We moved here from Hampton Roads area of Virginia. We were directly under and close to Langley Airforce Base. We had jets flying overhead day and night. It's so peaceful and quiet here. Don't mind the truck, motorcycle or lawn people.
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Don't forget light pollution!

I'm surprised no one has mentioned incessant barking as noise pollution. I love dogs and all pets, but owners who let their dogs bark are extremely irresponsible in my book. Where I am right now, I can't go in my yard without the neighbour's dog barking at me like he wants to kill me. The poor dog obviously has emotional issues as he paces and barks non stop, even when there's no one around. I hear him even with the windows closed and the TV on. I personally would muzzle him when outside, or try other devices to train it to not be a nuisance, but some people simply don't give a s..t about other people's quality of life.
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Right up there with bag pipes.

And you know they bought them to “annoy” people?? Im impressed byt your intuition

I must admit I haven’t seen a problem as yet.

I live one block from Morse and one block from 466, so there is fire station a couple hundred yards away. I keep my windows closed and my air conditioner on all the time. I can sometimes hear a truck or motorcycle go by, but it’s not bad. Even outdoors it isn’t bad. I can often hear the music from Lake Sumter Village at night, but not if the TV is on. However, if I lived six or eight houses closer to 466, the noise would be hard to take.

I doubt that you will convince the state to pass and enforce strict laws regulating muffler noise or convince firetrucks to stop using their sirens. However, there are many thousands of homes farther from a major road than is your house. You might want to consider a move. I have a friend with a lovely home that backs onto Buena Vista, and she is searching for a quieter place. Like you, she can’t take the noise.