{"id":34922,"date":"2012-11-27T13:56:24","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T18:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=34922"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:28:12","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:28:12","slug":"urban-planet-the-quiet-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/11\/27\/urban-planet-the-quiet-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: The Quiet Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/11\/27\/urban-planet-the-quiet-car\/amtrakquietcar\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34923\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34923\" title=\"amtrakquietcar\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/amtrakquietcar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/18\/urban-planet-how-the-dutch-got-their-cycle-paths\/feature-urban-planet\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cities can be very noisy places to live. As the decibels rise, from cell phone chatter, loud music, traffic and more, we tend to raise our voices to compete. Tim Kreider at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/18\/opinion\/sunday\/the-quiet-ones.html?ref=todayspaper&amp;_r=1&amp;\">New York Times<\/a> writes about how hard it can be for those who love the sound of silence. Especially, as it turns out, when you are simply too loud for those who love silence even more.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presterafx.com\/wordpress\/?p=276\">presterafx<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>. Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:urbanplanet@spacing.ca\">urbanplanet@spacing.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. Cities can be very noisy places to live. 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