At least the air pollution is silent. My neuropathology comes from noise (i.e., tinnitus) and my peace of mind is robbed by the sound of rubber tires on the road.
The last place I lived, when the freeways quieted down at night, then I could hear the train-yard. Now the Coast Starlight highballs through right across the street, and at night there're random boxcars crashing into each other in the switch-yard.
Then there is light pollution.
