Does anyone love noise? When I was younger I didn't mind it so much. As I've grown older I value peacefulness and quiet more. My wealth has grown over time but I wouldn't say I'm rich but I absolutely consider noise levels on where I chose to spend money because with more money I have more choices than I did before.

My bet on the root cause: Making noise is a basic way for "people of lesser social status" to assert that they matter, and can't just be ignored. Ask anyone who's raised a few kids. For the rich & powerful, of course, being able to hush all those noisy kids / low-lifes / jackhammers / etc. - or get away to places where they need not hear such noisy self-assertions - is another way of asserting their status.

Do you like noise?

That I'm making, or that other people are making?

Note that, on expensive "sporty" cars, it's considered a feature to have louder, deeper, & more-muscular exhaust sounds.

(Disclosure - I am old enough that my years of trying to loudly assert myself, climb the social ladder, etc. are a "wisdom of long experience" number of decades in the past:)

I think you prefer silence over noise. Most people do.