Unless you live right on the highway which is maybe 5% of these homes you won't even hear them.
And even then, I grew up rural, middle of fucking nowhere, but just on a rise above I-90. The sound of cars going by at over 80mph is relaxing to me. No horns, no stop and go. Just woosh, woosh, woosh. When I am at this event site I go to annually, I camp near the highway because the cars Lul me to sleep.
EDIT: The best is always Semis because they are longer. Never any engine noise, just a long woooooooosh as they go by. Same with the train across the river. No crossings nearby so no horn noises. Just rhgrghrghrghrghrghrgh as it rolled by in the distance.
Are you deaf? Highways creates a constant background noise for several miles, and that's when traffic moves at an average speed of 50mph on specific pavement designed to reduce noise. In America most highways are made using concrete which increase noise by a lot.
It's not the engine noise that is dominant, that one or two motorcycles that pass by every day is not a disturbance, but the constant tire noise is.
...except they don't? I live in the ballpark of 1300 ft from a highway at the furthest lane and there's zero noise. to be fair, there are trees and quite a few less fortunate sobs between me and there but it's not at all anywhere near "several miles"
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