We are sitting in our home office with closed windows. We are getting a city-sponsored concert whether we want it or not. The park is 0.57 miles away, but the volume is as if somebody in the next block is playing a radio at full volume. Now and then we can even distinguish a few words sung or spoken.
We used to go to the concerts now and then, but we gave up when the volume got louder. A couple of years ago we were standing on the road about an eighth-mile from the stage. We couldn't tolerate the volume. We don't even look for the schedule of events anymore.
We considered going to a restaurant and hanging out until the scheduled end of the concerts, but many restaurants have live music later in the evening at, you guessed it, high volume.
Hey, I'm an old guy who likes a wide range of music, but I would like to hear music for a few more decades. Please, promoters, preserve my hearing.
