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I can believe this.

I live on a small farm in the Midwest. When my mom (who lives in NYC) comes to visit, it often takes her a few days before she can sleep well because it's so quiet at night.

Conversely, living on top of a hill, the wind absolutely screams in winter. After two or three days of constant howling wind, sometimes I feel like I'm going nuts.

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> Conversely, living on top of a hill, the wind absolutely screams in winter. After two or three days of constant howling wind, sometimes I feel like I'm going nuts.

Indeed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_(novel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_(1928_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_(2018_film)

Novel, film based on the novel (starring Lillian Gish!), and a much newer re-make.

Semi-related. I grew up in the midwest except I was in a soundproofed basement room with no windows and now I have rather severe misophonia to a lot of random sounds.

Why a soundproof basement with no windows?

We had a big house with a big family, but still not enough real bedrooms for every kid to have their own. I wanted my own room so I took the only available room. I didn't think it was a problem at the time.

Oh man, we live on top of a relatively small hill, there just isn’t anything else taller near us until you get to the White Mountains.

When the wind picks up for more than two or three days at a time, I want to puncture my eardrums.

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