Had an encounter with the producer of the highest dB sound you can typically encounter: an ambulance! I was fewer than 2 meters away and got an earful of siren. Great. Will keep writing some updates.
Another gym incident. I am so frustrated. Some guy noisily adjusting the squat rack and then crashing the machines even though I asked him not to. And I went during the off-hours. Losing hope.
Loud cars with extremely noisy engines are making me agoraphobic. Can't step a foot out of my house before someone drives their awful loud car down the road.