Reply #6: It's funny how "rooted" we get in the ambient noise.

[TahitiNut]

I've been (mostly) a suburbanite for all of my life. I'm accustomed to the noises of traffic and people. When I moved to Eastern Washington State (for five years) and lived in a semi-rural area that was almost without such noises, I missed them. I'd traveled to the Seattle area several times a year. When I'd get to the ferry crossing, I'd drive my car to the right place in line, park, turn it off, and get out and stretch. I'd listen to the noises of downtown Seattle, breath deeply, and feel myself relax ... as though massaged all the way through by the city sounds. I'd literally feel various small aches and pains dissipate as I felt "home again."