We rented an old 1920's built wood frame house next to freight train tracks. The property next to the tracks was a vacant lot & then our little Craftsman house next to it so technically we were the house nearest the tracks. The house shook & windows rattled w/ every freight that streaked past, plus we were at the intersection connection & heard the clanging red lights & the trains' warning horns too ~ all hours of the day & night! My baby DS grew up able to sleep thru ANY noises now...me, not so muchMeant that we could even get an apartment under the L in St. Louis and no problemOr any other property near an airport
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c. 1967 ~ look at the size of that wasted backyard ~ it was a big piece of property but we weren't allowed any pets or chickens, a real waste of land!