Oh! With the noise -- so true! I find too much quiet unnerving. A long time ago, I lived with NO neighbors. Just surrounded by woods. Freaked me out at night. There was a room with no curtain on the window, and I couldn't stand to be in there (at night). Hello paranoia.

My sister lives in the middle of nowhere like that. It's enviro-shock for her visiting here, especially because highways and airport (and trains, and buses, and and and) are close at hand. To me, it is white noise. Especially the highway. I love the white noise of the highway!