Many people don’t get enough quality sleep, impacting their physical and mental health. A person might have trouble getting to and staying asleep for many reasons, from stress levels to screen time. The team at NapLab focused on a crucial aspect with their new study. They determined the noisiest and quietest places to sleep in the country and labeled them on a map.
The team used data from the National Transportation Noise Exposure Map to determine these locations. They considered a conversational decibel level of 6 to 70 as a baseline for noise-disrupting sleep. Based on the team’s study, these cities were the loudest:
- Denver Country, CO
- El Paso County, CO
- Arapahoe County, CO
- Adams County, CO
- Suffolk County, MA
- Jefferson County, CO
- NY County, NY
- San Francisco County, CA
- Cook County, IL
- Bronx County, NY
As for the quietest locations, these ten counties topped the list:
- Pasco County, FL
- Lee County, FL
- Ocean County, NJ
- Lancaster County, PA
- Chester County, PA
- Polk County, FL
- Gwinnett County, GA
- Fort Bend County, TX
- Pinellas County, FL
- Oklahoma County, OK
Colorado had many of the noisiest locations because of a growing population. City centers like Denver are expanding, and the busy Denver International Airport creates a lot of noise from air and ground traffic. As for quieter locations, many are located in Florida, where retirees flock to communities with strict noise ordinance laws.
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