---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fleetwood_macncheese@...> wrote :
One thing I have noticed in my new neck of the woods, is the silence. No more hum and growl of traffic, the vibration of the freeways. I have several musical instruments, and a lot of music, but the silence is so seductive, I find myself keeping the house as quiet inside, as the outside. Most of the time it is thickly and peacefully silent, here. I had ideas before being here, that now that I have the space, and distance from neighbors, I could listen to songs at concert volume, but I have yet to do so. Far more soothing to hear the quiet. It is very quiet at night where I live. No traffic noise at all. Traffic is responsible for virtually all the noise we hear around us. Check it out sometime and traffic noise when it's been raining is about four times louder.