De Blasio was trying to move inequality out of the realm of loud street noise — to make New Yorkers think about it, and not as an unpleasant fact of metropolitan life but as an immense problem that must be addressed.
State Senator Bill Perkins, who represents the area and has tried to mediate the dispute, said many of the co-op's residents were new to Harlem and unaccustomed to the neighborhood's vigorous — and often loud — street life.
But the Mikrorayon are still some of the most prized homes for Kabul's educated and wealthier middle class — a fact reflected in the loud street billboards for cellphones and private schools, and in the presence of young women walking the sidewalks in leg-hugging jeans unencumbered by the traditional dress.
In at least one city, New Bedford, Mass., where sensors recorded a loud street argument that accompanied a fatal shooting in December, the system has raised questions about privacy and the reach of police surveillance, even in the service of reducing gun violence.
Add to that loud street sounds, plus the relative novelty of being able to speak to anyone anywhere, and suddenly throngs are shouting above the ambient noise in public squares, restaurants and post offices as they become engrossed in personal conversations, consequently "privatizing the public space," Dr. Kopomaa said.
These are loud street rods, with droning exhaust and harsh wind noise at highway speed.
On the third night, he wakes in the middle of the night upon hearing a loud street noise.
Sleeprate also records noises throughout the night, and can correlate loud street sounds and snoring with sleep interruptions (note: this was tracked on a different night and the right image is the same app, scrolled down).
On loud city streets, babies may have trouble even hearing parents talking to them.
Mothers I met on the march said they had had to overcome their own and their partners' fears to join the crowds on the loud, thronged streets.
