Sitting here trying to chill on the couch at 10am on a Saturday. Over the back fence is a dog that barks constantly whenever it’s left unattended, and some toddler in a nearby apartment block has been throwing a screaming tantrum for the last 15 minutes, which also happens regularly. How’s the serenity?
Edit: The reference
Heavy machinery starts revving up around 5am (earlier in the summer sometimes). Fireworks to scare the crows (and sometimes boar and bears) away popping off. Constant fieldwork all day, sometimes mechanized, on 2 sides of me, just occasionally on the other two. Loudspeaker announcement system is going off at least thrice a day, usually at 07:30, 16:30, and 17:00 (end-of-day song). Dogs barking at some other creatures and occasional rooster sounds.
Life in ex-/sub-urban Japan (I’m kinda fairly on the border of suburbia, but a portion of these are still true in actual suburbia with announcements, hearing machinery, etc.)
Blimey! I guess I shouldn’t complain. :)