Freeway Noise

[MANmom]

Our new house is about 3/4 of a mile from the freeway with several houses in between, we do hear it, especially when it is really clear or we are having a Santa Ana. it is not particularly loud, but it is annoying. We can’t open the Master bed windows at night, however we have a good ceiling fan and we can open the bathroom window, so it is OK. A nice water fountain can mask the noise pretty well, if you really like the house and it is a good deal, put in a water fountain.

[UCGal]

It all depends on your tolerance.

I live above freeway 52. The freeway is in the canyon below – and we’re about 1500 feet away. The noise is there in the background.

You do hear it on summer nights when it’s warm and the windows are open. When the windows are closed, you don’t hear it at all.

I think the amount of hard surfaces, vs vegetation, between your home and the freeway, makes a difference… the vegetation absorbs the noise… hard surfaces echo it – making it worse. My part of UC is pretty low density with lots of mature landscape – so that matters.

The sunsets over the canyon and over Mt. Soledad are awesome. To me, that’s well worth the freeway noise. If I had an ocean view – I’d be willing to up the noise level.

I will agree with the comment that tire noise is not the issue – lack of mufflers on motorcycles, ambulance or police sirens, etc… those are disturbing and not background noise. Fortunately, they don’t happen often.

[UCGal]

It all depends on your tolerance.

I live above freeway 52. The freeway is in the canyon below – and we’re about 1500 feet away. The noise is there in the background.

You do hear it on summer nights when it’s warm and the windows are open. When the windows are closed, you don’t hear it at all.

I think the amount of hard surfaces, vs vegetation, between your home and the freeway, makes a difference… the vegetation absorbs the noise… hard surfaces echo it – making it worse. My part of UC is pretty low density with lots of mature landscape – so that matters.

The sunsets over the canyon and over Mt. Soledad are awesome. To me, that’s well worth the freeway noise. If I had an ocean view – I’d be willing to up the noise level.

I will agree with the comment that tire noise is not the issue – lack of mufflers on motorcycles, ambulance or police sirens, etc… those are disturbing and not background noise. Fortunately, they don’t happen often.

[UCGal]

It all depends on your tolerance.

I live above freeway 52. The freeway is in the canyon below – and we’re about 1500 feet away. The noise is there in the background.

You do hear it on summer nights when it’s warm and the windows are open. When the windows are closed, you don’t hear it at all.

I think the amount of hard surfaces, vs vegetation, between your home and the freeway, makes a difference… the vegetation absorbs the noise… hard surfaces echo it – making it worse. My part of UC is pretty low density with lots of mature landscape – so that matters.

The sunsets over the canyon and over Mt. Soledad are awesome. To me, that’s well worth the freeway noise. If I had an ocean view – I’d be willing to up the noise level.

I will agree with the comment that tire noise is not the issue – lack of mufflers on motorcycles, ambulance or police sirens, etc… those are disturbing and not background noise. Fortunately, they don’t happen often.

[UCGal]

It all depends on your tolerance.

I live above freeway 52. The freeway is in the canyon below – and we’re about 1500 feet away. The noise is there in the background.

You do hear it on summer nights when it’s warm and the windows are open. When the windows are closed, you don’t hear it at all.

I think the amount of hard surfaces, vs vegetation, between your home and the freeway, makes a difference… the vegetation absorbs the noise… hard surfaces echo it – making it worse. My part of UC is pretty low density with lots of mature landscape – so that matters.

The sunsets over the canyon and over Mt. Soledad are awesome. To me, that’s well worth the freeway noise. If I had an ocean view – I’d be willing to up the noise level.

I will agree with the comment that tire noise is not the issue – lack of mufflers on motorcycles, ambulance or police sirens, etc… those are disturbing and not background noise. Fortunately, they don’t happen often.

[UCGal]

It all depends on your tolerance.

I live above freeway 52. The freeway is in the canyon below – and we’re about 1500 feet away. The noise is there in the background.

You do hear it on summer nights when it’s warm and the windows are open. When the windows are closed, you don’t hear it at all.

I think the amount of hard surfaces, vs vegetation, between your home and the freeway, makes a difference… the vegetation absorbs the noise… hard surfaces echo it – making it worse. My part of UC is pretty low density with lots of mature landscape – so that matters.

The sunsets over the canyon and over Mt. Soledad are awesome. To me, that’s well worth the freeway noise. If I had an ocean view – I’d be willing to up the noise level.

I will agree with the comment that tire noise is not the issue – lack of mufflers on motorcycles, ambulance or police sirens, etc… those are disturbing and not background noise. Fortunately, they don’t happen often.

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