City-dwellers judge natural sounds more benign than rural people do

Evidence

It is also clear that reactions to nature are affected by the degree of proximity to the elements. As people move away from open-air living into city environments, their attitudes toward natural sounds become benign. Compare Canada, New Zealand and Jamaica. In the two former countries, the sounds of animals were scarcely ever found to be displeasing. But every one of the Jamaicans interviewed disliked one or more animals or birds—particularly at night. Hooting owls, croaking frogs, toads and lizards were mentioned frequently. — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 483

Categorization

• XREF: Contrasts with the book’s earlier keynote/nuisance framework for technological sounds. — connects to: People carry city vocal volume into quiet places and miss the quiet they seek — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1292; Visual urbanization context changes how natural but not anthropogenic sounds are judged. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 1124; Social and demographic factors shape how people evaluate urban sound levels — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 2077
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 483

Broader Connections

• People carry city vocal volume into quiet places and miss the quiet they seek #corroborates (0.75) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1292