i think in this particular case it’s not much different, but generally the muezzin calls five times each day plus a sixth bonus time on fridays for the jumu’ah. this can be even more annoying than the christian stupid sunday morning bell, when everyone is still hungover; that is, if they actually do it from the minaret, but they can also use messengers, radio, etc.
I live near a town with a street that was named “church street”, not because the church was on it, but seven. The town as a whole has at least 17 that I know of.
About half of them have bells, and of those, 5 ring every hour on the hour all day and night, one rings every hour from 8am to 8pm, two or three ring 3x a day (sunrise, noon, sunset) and the others either don’t have bells or don’t use them regularly enough for me to notice.
I can hear the chiming from my back yard, which is several miles away from the city limits.
I don’t know how people put up with it, honestly. It’s nothing to do with my dislike for religion in general, I just hate all that noise, and would not be able to live close to them.
While not inherently religious, they come from a religious building.
Besides, I’d argue that If it were simply about being a clock, they wouldn’t all be going, every single day, competing with each other for the most ridiculous “music” at noon that can last up to 3 minutes.
I lived in Oxford for a few years and, if anything, I became rather fond of all the bell ringing. But I can see why someone might have the opposite reaction.
The jesuit school by my work does ring them at least thrice a day. They are kinda nice though. I agree nobody needs public alarms now we have clocks in our pockets though.
Uncommon around me and I’m in a pretty pluralistic area with lots of churches, temples, mosques, etc within a couple miles. The only one I get is the alert system test on the same day and hour once a month. I think beyond a certain decibel would violate public noise ordinances.
More than half of US states don’t have a single tenant or renter’s union available.
My previous apartment complex was bought out by BlackStone Inc. and within the next year began posting everybody’s eviction notices on the front of their mailboxes, which all mailboxes are in a shared area. Dozens of people were evicted due to failure to pay while I waited out my lease, it’s not a realistic option to not pay for many people.
Doesn’t change that fact you’re standing here on your soap box yelling at people who are probably paying 70% or more of their income for housing that has as much sound proofing as a community pool. In the US your only option is being exploited because the 99% of us don’t have any bargaining tools. I don’t disagree with the sentiment, but for most people here what you are saying is “go homeless over noise”. Most people will not take kindly to that due to how propagandized that subject is.
i think in this particular case it’s not much different, but generally the muezzin calls five times each day plus a sixth bonus time on fridays for the jumu’ah. this can be even more annoying than the christian stupid sunday morning bell, when everyone is still hungover; that is, if they actually do it from the minaret, but they can also use messengers, radio, etc.
Some churches ring three times a day for daily prayer. Dunno how common that is in the US.
I live near a town with a street that was named “church street”, not because the church was on it, but seven. The town as a whole has at least 17 that I know of.
About half of them have bells, and of those, 5 ring every hour on the hour all day and night, one rings every hour from 8am to 8pm, two or three ring 3x a day (sunrise, noon, sunset) and the others either don’t have bells or don’t use them regularly enough for me to notice.
I can hear the chiming from my back yard, which is several miles away from the city limits.
I don’t know how people put up with it, honestly. It’s nothing to do with my dislike for religion in general, I just hate all that noise, and would not be able to live close to them.
I do think my town is a bit of an anomaly though.
To be fair those are clock bells and not really about religion.
While not inherently religious, they come from a religious building.
Besides, I’d argue that If it were simply about being a clock, they wouldn’t all be going, every single day, competing with each other for the most ridiculous “music” at noon that can last up to 3 minutes.
I lived in Oxford for a few years and, if anything, I became rather fond of all the bell ringing. But I can see why someone might have the opposite reaction.
The jesuit school by my work does ring them at least thrice a day. They are kinda nice though. I agree nobody needs public alarms now we have clocks in our pockets though.
ETA: they ring hourly. I checked today.
Uncommon around me and I’m in a pretty pluralistic area with lots of churches, temples, mosques, etc within a couple miles. The only one I get is the alert system test on the same day and hour once a month. I think beyond a certain decibel would violate public noise ordinances.
Where I use to live the church bells would ring every hour and the amount of times it rang represented what time it was.
yeah, but that’s not for religious reasons, just old timey time keeping from back when nobody had a personal clock.
they also ring in emergencies (eg. fire) in some regions.
You get used to it, I know from experience. I found it easier than getting used to Sunday church bells because it’s more frequent.
If the church bell is too loud your windows suck. Or your bell is not compliant.
A lot of our windows do suck dude. Landlords are fucking parasites who don’t invest in good windows.
That’s not up to code.
My landlord when I tell them we don’t have hot water for the third week in a row:
My landlord when Gladaed@feddit.org says their windows aren’t up to code on Lemmy:
Literally don’t pay rent. If you are not sure about how much rent you can dock ask your local Tenants Union. Make sure to stay in the legal bounds.
More than half of US states don’t have a single tenant or renter’s union available.
My previous apartment complex was bought out by BlackStone Inc. and within the next year began posting everybody’s eviction notices on the front of their mailboxes, which all mailboxes are in a shared area. Dozens of people were evicted due to failure to pay while I waited out my lease, it’s not a realistic option to not pay for many people.
Believe it or not, infractions happen every day
Cite the code, I’ll even accept IBC.
(WSchVO) 1977 in West Germany. Your pseudo international building code is not international, btw.
Me when I’m privileged enough not to live in the US where the building code is literally cardboard walls and plastic windows.
I don’t live there. They asked for an example.
Doesn’t change that fact you’re standing here on your soap box yelling at people who are probably paying 70% or more of their income for housing that has as much sound proofing as a community pool. In the US your only option is being exploited because the 99% of us don’t have any bargaining tools. I don’t disagree with the sentiment, but for most people here what you are saying is “go homeless over noise”. Most people will not take kindly to that due to how propagandized that subject is.