LibertyBell

yeah suburban street lights suck too, especially the new LED broadband lights they've installed. Just using myself as an example I sleep at least 2-3 hours more when I'm in the Poconos and it's pitch black there no noise no lights. (Not only are there no street lights there, there aren't even any traffic lights lol.)

lol you sound like me at least there are less planes flying over here late at night. it starts up around 5 am though

I do too, it's better on Long Island. In Manhattan it might not be enough. I agree with you about smart city planning being ideal. From my previous post: The ideal solution (better than either traffic or mass transit) is to walk or bike ride. Maybe that's what PSV means? Make our cities more walkable and amenable to bike riding like they do in Europe? Their food is far healthier too (far less processed).

this assumes that people aren't driving, unfortunately too many people drive through the city and the NO2 pollution from that makes asthma rates worse. The ideal solution (better than either traffic or mass transit) is to walk or bike ride. Maybe that's what PSV means? Make our cities more walkable and amenable to bike riding like they do in Europe? Their food is far healthier too (far less processed).

you'd need black out curtains not regular curtains. Even that sometimes isn't enough. There is a lawsuit against light pollution going on currently from an apartment complex in the city because the outside lights strobe right in through the windows and even wearing eyepatches isn't enough. Light pollution is highly wasteful and has not proven to help reduce crime at all, if anything it helps criminals see better in the dark

but asthma rates are the highest in big cities and that has been directly connected to why the the pandemic was so much worse in the parts of the city that are most highly trafficked. densely packed cities means more air pollution (mainly due to increased traffic)

you're right no point in arguing about something so obvious. please do tell us next that ultraprocessed food is fine too.

if it doesn't affect you of course you don't care. the attitude of the typical American

nope, it was a typo (a difference of two letters is a typo), take your asinine attitude elsewhere or you will be introduced to an avalanche of studies, here's another one https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/ehp935

the evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of limiting both noise AND light pollution.

my sympathy for you living in Brooklyn, I grew up there, you can't even see 20 stars from there at night.

you are a sample size of one, so no, you're not evidence of anything. and we're not talking about suburban life either, there's way too much light and noise pollution in suburban environments too. we're talking about living in an area devoid of wasteful night time lights and noise. this is why cities like Flagstaff are shutting down their lights, there is no benefit to having street lights on at night pointing up at the sky. If you care or knew anything about science you'd know that already

yeah that was a typo on my part, and yes there is evidence on multiple levels that living in a densely packed area is awful for both mental AND physical health

https://theconversation.com/harvard-study-strengthens-link-between-breast-cancer-risk-and-light-exposure-at-night-75171 It states breast cancer but the original Harvard study mentions endocrine cancers and also includes higher prostate cancer with higher levels of light pollution A study from Harvard has found greater risk of breast cancer in women who live in neighborhoods that have higher levels of outdoor light during the night. The findings are based on the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS), which has for decades been advancing our understanding of risks to women’s health. For this study, epidemiologist Peter James and colleagues followed nurses in the NHS for breast cancer occurrence from 1989 to 2013. The home of each of 109,672 nurses was geocoded, and the average light level in the immediate neighborhood at night was estimated from satellite images taken by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. These estimates were updated over the 15-year follow-up period. By 2013, a total of 3,549 new cases of breast cancer had been diagnosed, about what’s expected among this number of women. The study found a direct relationship between a woman’s neighborhood nighttime light level before diagnosis and her later risk of developing breast cancer: The higher the light level, the higher the risk. These findings held even when taking into account many other factors that may also affect risk such as age, number of children, weight, use of hormone medications and a long list of additional potential confounders. Of importance if confirmed in more studies, the relationship was strongest in young women diagnosed before menopause. James also conducted many further subgroup analyses after the primary objective of the study had been verified; these subgroup findings may or not be seen in future studies. Two that stood out are that the association was confined to current and former smokers, and nurses with a history of night work. The study is significant because it adds a strong piece of evidence to the growing body of studies supporting the idea that excessive electric light exposure at night increases a woman’s risk of breast cancer.

it really should have stayed that way, I find the parks near Bayside absolutely gorgeous.

oh nice both light and noise pollution studies are from Harvard lol

you can post the study on light pollution and cancer too.

thats correct and light pollution too, a Harvard study proved it increases the risk of developing cancer 30-50% as much as an unhealthy diet does. It's because light pollution blocks the release of melatonin

Most people aren't interested in being packed like sardines in a subway train. It's why densely packed cities are antithetical to good environmental and health policies.

I've always wondered about that, why wasn't the subway ever extended to include all of Queens and Staten Island?

it's been mostly sunny here all day but now the clouds are coming in

I used to take the A train from Far Rockaway that was an absolutely amazing ride, going right along Jamaica Bay with the water almost coming up to the train tracks. Trains that travel in tunnels are very depressing though.

How did you do in the January 2022 snowstorm?

the question is why? it's also the city's hot spot.

I think so too, it was absolutely alarming to have thousands of people suffocate to death like that. low grade coal is even more insidious than Jack the Ripper