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  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • SURVEY
    • DEMOGRAPHICS
      • AGE
      • EDUCATION
      • EMPLOYMENT
      • HOUSING TYPE
      • INCOME
      • NEIGHBORHOOD
      • SEX
      • RACE
      • RESIDENCY
    • PERCEPTIONS
      • SOUND SENSITIVITY
      • DETERMINANTS OF ANNOYANCE
      • TEMPORALITY
      • PERCEPTIONS BY NEIGHBORHOOD
      • WORKPLACE PERCEPTION
    • NOISE COMPLAINTS
      • TEMPORALITY OVERALL
      • TIME OF DAY
      • DAY OF WEEK
      • MONTH
      • TEMPORALITY BY TYPE OF COMPLAINT
      • TIME OF DAY
      • DAY OF WEEK
      • MONTH
      • NEIGHBORHOOD
      • TIME OF DAY
      • DAY OF WEEK
      • TYPE
    • HEALTH IMPACTS
      • PHYSICAL
      • MENTAL HEALTH
      • SLEEP & RELAXATION
    • NOISE ABATEMENT
    • ADVOCACY STRATEGIES
  • SOUND MAPPING
    • SOUND LEVEL MAPS
      • A-WEIGHTED SOUND LEVELS (dBA)
      • DAY
      • NIGHT
      • UNWEIGHTED SOUND LEVELS (dB)
      • DAY
      • NIGHT
      • UNWEIGHTED – A – WEIGHTED SOUND
      • DAY
      • NIGHT
    • SOUND PERCEPTION MAPS
      • AIRCRAFT ANNOYANCE LEVELS
      • HORNS ANNOYANCE LEVELS
      • LEAF BLOWER ANNOYANCE LEVELS
      • NEIGHBORHOOD SOUND ANNOYANCE LEVELS
      • NOISE COMPLAINT HEAT MAP
      • SOUND SENSITIVITY
      • ROAD TRAFFIC ANNOYANCE LEVELS
      • STREET ANNOYANCE LEVELS
      • TRAIN ANNOYANCE LEVELS
    • HEALTH OUTCOMES MAPS
      • SELF-REPORTED
      • OVERALL HEALTH STATUS
      • HOURS OF SLEEP
  • SOUNDSCAPES
    • COMMUNITY SOUND PORTRAITS
    • URBAN SOUND BITES
  • REPORT CARD
    • GRADING METHODOLOGY
    • REPORT CARDS LIST
  • ABOUT
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    • OUR THANKS
    • OUR Q & A
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BACK BAY, BEACON HILL & NORTH END

Greater Boston Neighborhood Noise Report Card

REPORT CARD

Welcome to our Back Bay, Beacon Hill, West End and North End report card!  Each of these neighborhoods has a distinct historical quality that gives them incredible charm, making them the most sought out (and expensive) places to both live and visit in the City. However, despite the old world charm of these neighborhoods, they also encompass some of the most modern areas in the City such as the John Hancock Tower (which happens to be the tallest building in New England and the 50th Tallest building in the United States), fashionable Newbury Street, Massachusetts General Hospital, TD Garden, and some of the most incredible Italian eateries on the planet. Tourism, densely packed residential areas, the late night Celtics game, even later night open eateries, the early morning pick-up and delivery to these restaurants, the road traffic, and the car horns, however, also make these neighborhoods quite loud.
To view how your neighborhood ranked their annoyance towards various sources of sound, visit HERE.
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GRADE: B

REPORT CARDS LIST

ALLSTON & BRIGHTON

BACK BAY, BEACON HILL, WEST END & NORTH END

CHARLESTOWN

CHINATOWN, DOWNTOWN & LEATHER DISTRICT

DORCHESTER

EAST BOSTON

FENWAY & LONGWOOD MEDICAL AREA

HYDE PARK & MATTAPAN

JAMAICA PLAIN

MISSION HILL & ROXBURY

ROSLINDALE & WEST ROXBURY

SOUTH BOSTON & SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT

SOUTH END & BAY VILLAGE

THE 2016 GREATER BOSTON NOISE REPORT BY WWW.NOISEANDTHECITY.ORG I   ERICA WALKER  I  JULIO CÉSAR ROMÁN  I  MARCOS LUNA

INTRODUCTION


INTRODUCTION


SURVEY


DEMOGRAPHICS


PERCEPTIONS


NOISE COMPLAINTS


HEALTH IMPACTS


NOISE ABATEMENT


ADVOCACY STRATEGIES


SOUND MAPPING 


SOUND LEVEL MAPS


SOUND PERCEPTIONS


HEALTH OUTCOME MAPS


SOUNDSCAPES


COMMUNITY SOUND BITES


URBAN SOUND BITES


REPORT CARDS


GRADING METHODOLOGY


REPORT CARD LIST


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OUR Q & A


OUR FUN FACTS


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