Has anyone lived on Max line?

SDgirl22

I LOVE the condo I saw today, love the landlord, but it's right against the line...the people who live there say it's not bad and they got used to it quickly. I was there when it went by, and it wans't that bad (there is a "crossing' bell signal though)...any experience? It's a nicely built place, so well insulated.

Thoughts? (also, crime being so close to a station (safe neighborhood)

bula

I live downtown right next to a station and don't really notice it (although this may be due to the good insulation). It will probably end up like white noise, just in the background.  I lived right next to the el/train and expressway in chicago and was used to the noise. 

Jeff & Em

Not the MAX, but when we were in Boston we were probably less than 1000 feet from one of the T's commuter rails.  I think AmTrak used the rails, too.  We definitely noticed it for the first week or so that we were there, but we got used to it really quickly.  We'd also notice it again when we opened the windows or something.

They didn't have any bell signals there, the tracks really weren't used after about 10 PM.  And FWIW, there were parts of the T that would go 55mph or more, and that was underground.  So it's not like the Commuter Rail trains were putzing along.  : )  Once in a great while we'd be on the phone when an especially loud, fast train went through and we'd have to stop talking for a few seconds, but that was rare.

swimbueller

We live right by the max in downtown, and it doesn't bother me. I personally think the max is pretty quiet, especially compared to Amtrak trains. 

SDgirl22

Thanks ladies! I was in the condo when a train went by yesterday, and it wans't that bad. Just curious though if I didn't pay enough attention. (The bells might get annoying, but apparently they shut off from 11:30p to 4:30a)

The_Jen626

We don't live close to the MAX, but relatively close to traintracks, and it's fine.  We can definetly hear the train that goes by at 10pm, and there's one in the middle of the night (that I heard the first few weeks after having the baby in the middle of the night!).  I think you just get used to it.

joleine

SDgirl22:

Thanks ladies! I was in the condo when a train went by yesterday, and it wans't that bad. Just curious though if I didn't pay enough attention. (The bells might get annoying, but apparently they shut off from 11:30p to 4:30a)

I'd imagine once you get your stuff in there and started "living" you'd not notice it at all, especially over the tv/radio/your own voices..

bethbloom

We lived next to the MAX for a while and while I didn't notice it, my light sleeper husband did. Something to keep in mind if anyone else doesn't sleep deeply.

SDgirl22

bethbloom:

We lived next to the MAX for a while and while I didn't notice it, my light sleeper husband did. Something to keep in mind if anyone else doesn't sleep deeply.

I actually am. So bad that I have to have white noise (a fan) that drowns out noise. But..after two years of living in totally eerily quiet neighborhoods, I am staying riiiighhht next to a freeway currently, and it's been fine. I just got used to it.