One of the main and most disturbing sound issues we have in Germany are churches. One church near to my home rings EVERY 15 Minutes, EVERY day from 7am to 6pm. Wanting to sleep in on a Sunday? Not possible. Wanting to do a quick nap after lunch? Not possible. There have been a couple of noise complaints but somehow still nothing is changing.
I dislike this argument so much; "I was here first, so fuck you".
And it's not like people have all that much choice where they want to live, certainly not in recent years. It should be a matter of accepting and adapting: accepting that the world doesn't revolve around you and that you will be bothered by people and organisations around you, and adapting so that we can all live reasonably happy.
How many people go to church in Germany? Turns out, not very many.[1] Should everyone adapt to a small minority "just because they've been doing it for a longer time"? Seems very unreasonable.
I wouldn't mind a church ringing its bells daily; but every 15 minutes, starting at 7am? Yikes! That's just not reasonable today.
Times change. Watches are cheap and freely available.
> Why should they let people moving in (who could have known the situation) drive them out?
This is a bold assumption, and untrue. I was born in such a place, and had no choice as a kid to be woken up by the bells. Needless to say, I now loathe bells.
