What is this situation that so many of us experience that causes us to uproot ourselves and our families or should that prove too much we suffer with?
Noise! This is one of the many reasons that many people give for moving to a new home. Not becuase they have outgrown their current abode. Not becuase they fancied a change. Simply to get away from something.
So many of people run. Run away from some lovely homes, lovely neighbourhoods, from lovely friendships we have formed. Simply to get away from something.
What does the local authority do about noise? Depends on where you live and if you own your own home. For some reason noise made by a leaseholder is more bearable. I do hope that brings consolation to those that are experiencing noise right now. Excuse my heavy sarcasm, but I was amazed that who creates the noise is a deciding factor in what is done and what can be done.
You would have thought that noise was noise, right? Wrong! We are all created equal but the noise we make is far from it! In fact, I have an example that makes me laugh, not LOL kind of laughing but laughing at the sound of encroaching madness.
You see, someone I know creates so much noise that it can be heard from the other side of the road. The local authority heard them acknowledge that they were making a lot of noise. According to the local authority this is acceptable. However, I am the one who is then labelled sensitive. Would you be sensitive to a noise that envelopes your head so you have to go outside just to hear your own thoughts? If you answered that yes to that then join me on the sensitive side!
Not an easy place to be, labelled by a local authority that is meant to me impartial when it comes to such things. Not an easy place to be when the local authority give the noise maker/someone carte blanche to make as much noise as they please.
Perhaps I should uproot and move?
