Uh…apart from trains going by every half hour or so (bc I live next to a train station), and a few dogs barking? Not really that high? I live in a more suburban area of the city where it’s just houses and apartments lol.

It's not technically the biggest city in the world geographically but since technically the city doesn't really care about borders like that it is generally considered the biggest.
And it can be eerily quiet with good insulation. Newer buildings are great for this, the place I lived before was annoying because insulation was bad and I lived near a firefighter station and a few hospitals so it was never quiet but honestly it's a lot less noise than I thought, coming from a small village and all.

I have found that city noises generally form a big mass of background noises which is surprisingly easy to get used to. Also lots of buildings so sound doesn't travel all that much either.
Still wouldn't want to live near an airport.

And people are usually considerate so that helps.

I've stayed in urban areas back when my sister lived in/near NYC and I'm guessing it takes longer than a couple weeks to adjust to it, cuz that's the longest I've stayed (summer vacation) and I always had a hard time sleeping cuz it was too noisy
Had plenty of time to play MapleStory tho. Even if I was shit at it. To be fair, I was 12 at the time LOL

Gosh I haven’t played maple story in like…decades llol. XD

My account was deleted a year or so ago due to inactivity. That was an unexpected email mom got cuz couldn't use mine
Which is fine. I don't plan on going back, I've heard it's changed so much it's almost a different game entirely. Last time I played the Cygnus Knights had just been introduced
I remember the jumping chair trick tho, a combination of hitting the right keys at the right time and you jumped but also sat in your chair so you just the jumping movement while sitting in a chair LOL

wow you get inactivity emails? XD guess mines is looooooooong gone then lol

Kitalpha Hart wrote: ↑Feb 2nd, '25, 01:41 I've stayed in urban areas back when my sister lived in/near NYC and I'm guessing it takes longer than a couple weeks to adjust to it, cuz that's the longest I've stayed (summer vacation) and I always had a hard time sleeping cuz it was too noisy
Had plenty of time to play MapleStory tho. Even if I was shit at it. To be fair, I was 12 at the time LOL

NYC was crazy. I can totally understand. Public transport running all night also doesn't help make for a quiet city at night.
But seriously I was surprised, I don't think I have ever seen so many people outside at 2, unless it's a place known for its nightlife, and even then.

Just the one, and considering i stopped back in 2008 and mom got the email in '23, it took a while
It also took a while for my credit card holder to realize I hadn't used my credit card in "over a year". That letter had me laugh cuz by that point I hadn't used it in something like three years

Yeah I don’t think I got mail from maple story. Then again, it might’ve been sent to an older email lol.

It probably went to an older one
Mom was worried about what it was about when she got it and asked me about it and I went "oh geez I haven't played that in years, let the account expire" and she went "okay"
So depending on how long it's been chances are your account got purged as well