Animated Heat Maps Reveal The Loudest Neighborhoods

These areas either have the noisiest neighbors or the nosiest neighbors, depending on how you look at it.

Noise might seem like merely a nuisance, but it's also a health risk: according to the World Health Organization, noise pollution can lead to cardiovascular diseases, sleep disturbance, and stress. Last year, NoiseTube gave Smartphone users a way to measure and map noise levels so they could help city officials monitor it. Now, the real estate site Trulia has come up with its own way of visualizing noise pollution: using the crime data on noise complaints.

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