Sounds

The first thing I noticed when I walked around my neighborhood was the sound of leaves swishing. There was a crisp sound as leaves were brushed by the wind. It was a cold and windy morning and besides the sound of the clink metal noise coming from my dogs tags hitting his collar, the next obvious sound I heard was the wind whistling and cars that were passing by me.

There is a medium to low traffic density in my neighborhood so while I can sometimes enjoy the sounds of nature, there are brief intervals of sound signals that I listen to reminding me I am still in the urban jungle. Some of the noises I'm accustomed to hearing are the sounds of construction going on, car exhaust and truck engines stalling.    

While I live in a neighborhood that is pretty distant from subways, stores, highways and roads with a lot of traffic, I still hear noises that are common in a city. I occasionally hear noises such as helicopters, ambulances and police sirens which are soundmarks of an urban area. In contrast, in a suburban neighborhood you wouldn't hear such noises but instead you might hear the sounds of lawn mowers, sprinklers and as for traffic noises, they would probably be nonexistent. You can expect to hear the sounds of cars and trucks passing by as early as 6 am in the city whereas in a suburban neighborhood you probably would not hear any of those noises. By the afternoon, soundmarks of the city are at a dangerously high decibel levels and it can remain like that until the evening.

I appreciate the sounds of nature because it gives me a break from the soundmarks of the city. The occasional keynotes of nature I sometimes get to listen to in my neighborhood contribute to a calm and tranquil ambiance as opposed to the loud and cluttered noises you commonly hear in a city that furnish feelings of annoyance and anxiety.