"the sound of silence"

[Ranger]

(28 November 2012, 10:49)NorthernRaider Wrote: I've read about urban and city folks who have gone on holiday to very quite places and have become unsettled and unable to sleep or rest because their is no continous background noise from traffic, sirens, people etc, and they have had to go home.

when i worked on yachts in greece, my favorite nights were the ones anchored in a bay on an uninhabited island. no light pollution, just the sound of the water on the hull,chatting to the skipper and hostie. a few years later, in london, i worked with a real old eastender and i mentioned this and he told me how he and his wife moved to margate because they thought it would be nicer i.e. quieter and slower paced. within 6 months they were miserable and moved back to east london because they needed the noise and commotion. i think bp is right and that there will be a self thinning out of the herd due to some peoples inability to cope.