Blog Post: Neighborhood Sounds

I live up in Whitestone, on the border of Queens and the Bronx above busy Flushing. In the most part, it is a quiet area. Not much happens out there. Bus services isn't very frequent, and streets aren't that busy with people.

From this audio though, it may seem different. I was walking home with my phone out getting audio sounds. But it was Halloween. So the town sounded a little busier than normal. More people were out, especially with their kids because of trick-or-treating. It was windy and wet, as you can hear in the audio from the wet pavement. More cars were passing by than usual on the street. Granted, this was night time.

The bar doors were open as I walked by. It sounds like that place was lively and busy. In reality, however, I saw only two people sitting down inside.

I guess from this audio, you may think my neighborhood is the normal busy type. Well, unless you're from New York, because so many towns have a lot of noise. This is very quiet for New York. However, this is a holiday in the suburbs. Whitestone is generally more quiet than that. We only get lively when the annual Greek Festival Weekend comes around, and that's in June.