I can't tell you the difference it is making in my day-to-day life, not having obnoxious dogs and neighbors to deal with. I'm starting to get used to living in a normal neighborhood again. Every so often I hear a dog bark, but it stops; a car drives by with a stereo blaring, and then the noise is gone.

10+ years of being surrounded by people who weren't happy unless they had barking dogs in the yard while loud appliances of every size and description noise-polluted the air inside and outside my house is finally over. I hope my next neighborhood is more normal, too.