I've lived in this building for twenty years and I've noticed such a difference in noise.
The first few years I almost never heard a sound from inside the building (unless someone was doing actual construction or they were vacuuming the hallways etc) but now I hear all sorts of random clunks and bangs from early morning until late evening.
The population of this condo has changed over the years and now there are a lot of young (i.e. under 50!) people living here.
I've noticed that many people on this hallway seem incapable of shutting their main door quietly. They just pull it shut with a thump, or just let it bang shut on its own.
I was wondering if this is because young people just do not have quiet in their lives. Ever. They're constantly listening to something or someone so they never experience an absence of noise. Judging by all the ear buds and such that I see I suspect they are totally addicted to having some sound. For example the people wandering around this summer, not using ear plugs, and blasting music out of some device and subjecting all the neighbourhood around them to their choice of music. Or workmen who seem to be incapable of doing outside work on a house unless their radio (truck or portable ) is blaring away. Quiet is just not a part of their lives.
I've no doubt nattered on about this in other posts since I am a lover of quiet and unwanted noise has been a huge issue for me all of my adult life.
