Anywhere else as bad as here in Corvallis? (Eugene, Prescott: low income, apartment complex)

[FVWinters]

I still live in Corvallis and I have not noticed any trend toward louder and "bass-er" stereos either in cars or in dorms. There are a few jacka$$es who pump up the volume but they are few and far between, even on and near campus.

You are a lot more likely to be disturbed by lawnmowers, street sweepers and loud parties than car stereos.....

Originally Posted by FVWinters

I still live in Corvallis and I have not noticed any trend toward louder and "bass-er" stereos either in cars or in dorms. There are a few jacka$$es who pump up the volume but they are few and far between, even on and near campus.

You are a lot more likely to be disturbed by lawnmowers, street sweepers and loud parties than car stereos.....

Don't forget the garbage trucks.

Seriously though, Corvallis is shockingly quiet for a college town. I can't recall loud stereos ever being an issue when I lived there 2009 - 2013. The only noises that irritated me were the garbage trucks on occasion and the leaf blowers that for some reason never seem to stop, even when there are no leaves to be blown.

[Silverfall]

Originally Posted by JasonF

and the leaf blowers that for some reason never seem to stop, even when there are no leaves to be blown.

Fir needles. They drop year round.

[rdickers]

True story: In 1976, I was working graveyard shift, sleeping during the day while kids went to school. Suddenly, there was an epidemic of loud stereos originating from a high school two blocks away. They beat me out of bed as they charged to and from the school at lunch and again after school. After complaints to the police did no good, I took matters into my own hands. Not recommended, but I stopped the cars at the intersection by signaling that I wanted to talk to them but the music was too loud. At first I tried to reason with the kids but just got fingered in response. So, I then stopped a car, reached through the open window turned off the engine and proceeded to pull the speakers out of the car and throw them on the street. I then told the kid that I was a crazy Vietnam Vet, and that the booming stereos may cause me to hurt someone. I got visited by the police, but the booming stopped. I lived there for 35 more years without any problems, altho once in a while I had to call the police and remind them of my condition.

[Hawk J]

Here in the mountains, sometimes I may hear a pinecone hit the ground......

[Sherwoody]

Those pesky pinecones!

[oregonwoodsmoke]

Originally Posted by Hawk J

Here in the mountains, sometimes I may hear a pinecone hit the ground......

Yeah, darn things. Every time one hits the ground, it makes my dog bark. Idiot dogs.

[Slowink]

Originally Posted by naturelovers

As a realtor and as perspective buyer where is the problem the least an issue, since as I stated we were treated to it Albany as well, Medford as well.
Lewisberg? Anywhere rural? In FL rural it was awful!
Thanks

Just exactly what is your expectation of young, post teen kids?? The fact that you lived there and tolerated it twenty years ago, says it all. You, my friend, have grown past all this foolishness. These young people will, God willing, grow past foolishness, in time.

[Larry Caldwell]

With the prevalence of mp3 devices, most kids don't even own stereos any more. Things have really quieted down in the last 20 years.

[wanderbygrace]

Originally Posted by Leisesturm

I was in Corvalllis in 2005 for a whole weekend and didn't hear anything louder than a weed-eater the whole time. I was willing to give you the benfit of the doubt though, a lot could happen in eight years. Until I read through your post history... Your credibility is shot down in flames NL. I'm serious, what's really going on here?

Good catch. The OP has vented about this in relation to Sarasota, Orlando, Prescott, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and now Corvallis. Not sure if he/she is ever going to find the quiet they are looking for w/o moving to the middle of the Yukon.