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Sound Walk

I decided to do a sound walk around my neighborhood. I live relatively close to a main highway road, a gas station, a car wash, and a train station. Hearing a bunch of different sounds and noise was pretty difficult to avoid. The first thing I instantly noticed were the cars passing by. I could eventually even tell from the different types of cars through the sounds they made. For example, a large truck will sound completely different from a minivan. Of course then came the F train that always passes by, and it has its own unique sound as well due to the rails and the announcer.

I couldn't really hear anything unique in the gas station, but with the car wash I noticed water spilling all over the car, and the employees attempting to wash these cars using towels and vacuum cleaners. Also, in the morning I could hear birds chirping and the slight rustle of trees and leaves. There are also a bunch of stray cats close by, and every so often I could hear them meowing.