Loudest and Quietest Places in America

[Laura PourMeADrink]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/the-loudest-and-quietest-places-in-america-in-one-map/

[uppityperson]

1. it annoys me that they ignore AK and Hawaii

Quiet place here.

[onehandle]

2. The Palin household in AK is never quiet.

It's always 'Who are we grifting today?' and 'Can someone shut that damn baby up. I'm expecting a call from TLC.'

[uppityperson]

6. AK is so huge, they are tiny. So many quiet places up there, it is incredible.

[Blue_In_AK]

5. Exactly.

We were out toward Chena Hot Springs today, and it was extremely quiet. I imagine on average the whole state of Alaska is quieter than anyplace in the L48.

And, please, people, stop with the Palin jokes. Alaska is so much more than he Palins. It gets tiresome.

[Man from Pickens]

3. Just wondering

how could you tell the difference between this and a straight-up population map?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. Ha. Would be interesting to see a comparison. duh. What it does

make easy for picking a quiet vacation location. Maine and Northern California looking good.

[longship]

7. The U.P. IN Michigan! Nobody lives up there.

Well, the yoopers would disagree, but they are a very friendly sort, mostly Finlanders and Norwegians. Almost no expressways, lots of two lane highways, small towns.

Beautiful place!

[Bettie]

8. WOW! I can see my house on that map!

Three boys make a LOT of noise....and when their friends are over....YIKES.

SO, that really bright spot in Iowa, well, that's probably us.

I think we broke the volume control on the first one when he was small.

[Still Blue in PDX]

9. The volume of my house goes up to 11 when my second-born comes over.

My house is on the map, too!

[Bettie]

10. You can definitely tell where the loud ones live.

LOL.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. What's With That Spot in The Middle Of Arizona

Phoenix? That gets pale yellow? I'm surprised.

[LWolf]

12. More people = more noise.

That's a pretty obvious equation.

I'll bet, if there were a map showing the darkest places, it would compare positively to this one.

Want quiet, or want to see the night sky? Go places where there are fewer people. Of course, if everybody did that, there wouldn't be fewer people for long, lol.