Anyone live on a busy road?

kiwifruit_2

*jobags* wrote: »

Jealous - Not really sweetie - I've squealed along with the best of them - but I squealed with folks (boys and gals btw) who actually did the deed rather than just fantasised about it on the net

Get back to the mags on the loo seat

Jo

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Plasticman

*jobags* wrote: »

Why is it everyone else's cat gets flattened except mine?

I know a man with a steam roller if it would help.

count_rostov

I used to live on the A1 in London. It was ok because I was 22 and the flat was cheap but it wore me down after a few years. You have to clean A LOT! Fine black dust gets everywhere. Sirens, boy racers, and the screech of the pedestrian crossing across the way...I don't miss it. But, I only had single glazed windows and they didnt fit very well so it may have been better with double glazing. Transport links were good.

ruggedtoast

We've just moved from living on a high street flat above shops in SE London. While it is true that you dont really notice the noise as in "notice" it. You do notice it if you cant hear the tele if the windows open, which we sometimes couldnt.

We now live in a nice cul-de sac and I dont miss the noise at all. That said our last flat was so small unless you were in the bedroom you were always pretty much next to the outside window.

I didnt see any cats, flat or otherwise.

embelliss

My bedroom used to be on the ground floor in a shared house, and right on the otherside of my wall which the bed was against was a speed hump... on a busy that was favoured by taxi drivers... so as you can imagine, the cards going over this hump went right into the early hours. It was awful at first, but I got used to it, and never really noticed it after a couple months.

neverdespairgirl

Zazen999 wrote: »

We used to live on the A52 into Nottingham. It was fine as we had double glazing.

What about hte summer, when you wanted the windows open?

m00m00

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

What about hte summer, when you wanted the windows open?

the clue was in the description

'into nottingham'

having the windows open is asking for trouble

bubblesmoney

*jobags* wrote: »

Why is it everyone else's cat gets flattened except mine?

I only moved here to get Eartha Kitt flattened and thus reduce the vet bills to zero and yet 4 years later she's still here

We're due at the vets on Saturday for annual vaccinations - no doubt there will be a vitamin jab and a supply of worm tablets that we don't stand a (cat in hells) chance of getting down her throat.

We'll leave the vets £120 lighter and all just so we can get her a place in a cattery later in the year when we go on hols

Any suggestions

Jo

may be the noise scares the !!!! out of the cat. probably moving to a quiter place might encourage her to go for a walk and if u get lucky the cat might think of getting run over. but maybe the cat likes ur company too much to get out of the house. better still move next to some one with a cat of the opposite sex, that might work, unless ur cat is old enough to need a viagra prescription. oh forgot that wont work either since it doesnt like tablets. but on the otherhand if someone else u prefer gets fed that tablet instead 'accidentally' then all the overtime squeals that occur at home might scare the cat into running out onto the road :rotfl: . honest no other motives other than getting that cat to get some exercise and u get the fringe benefits as well :A

slightly_delayed

I've lived on the main road into town (grimsby) for a year now and have only ever had a few problems firstly there is a film of road grime on the windows i would clean them more but the windows are huge, Secondly as there is no garden i can't really have milk delivered it would go missing, Thirdly from the top deck of the double decker you can see right into my front room, Fourthly and finally parking on the road is a pain though i am quite lucky to have a locked carpark round the back Other than that it's great living on the main road, buses are nearby the shops are within walking distance and blundell park is across the road double glazing shuts out all but the sound of sirens no traffic noise really

bubblesmoney

if u r the sort that always keeps windows shut then that shouldnt be much of an issue. how ever if u want to keep open then being in a busy area will lead to a lot of dust and grime and noise and u wont even hear it if someone breaks in. plus there is a reason why sound barriers get put around busy roads. there have been quite a few complaints for many years about health problems etc caused by excessive noise from busy roads i.e. high blood pressure etc there was a recent tv program about this and explaining why sound barriers get installed in some places to protect residents from noiise pollution. kids might have higher chances of injury if living on busy roads. also higher particulate matter in air etc and higher risks of setting off asthma attacks etc, setting off sinusitis headaches etc.

double glazing is not everything. imagine sleeping in a quiet garden compared to trying to get peace and quiet in a noisy road wearing noise cancelling headphones to get some peace and quiet. i would choose a quiet area any day.

but busy areas do have benefits of good transport links, shops etc. but one could always live off the main streets in quieter sidelanes and try to make the most of both worlds