Originally Posted by xenigo

I've noticed that pretty much the only people I'm extremely annoyed by on a daily basis tend to be poor people. Is there a correlation between poor and loudness?

There's a half-way house ran by a group of AA people that borders my condo and every fucking morning I hear them SCREAMING at each other at what sounds like straight-up fighting volume. At any moment you'd expect for someone to pull out their nine and start shooting. Like they're trying to blow out everyone's fucking ear drums within a 3 block radius. I'm on the 4th floor and I hear every word of their conversation through dual-pane windows almost as if they're standing in my office... it's clear they're not trying not to be heard.

Is this a southern thing? Is it a socioeconomic thing? Is it an "I don't give a fuck about anyone except for me" thing?

I also have a seemingly magical ability to pick AA's out of a crowd with the volume thing. Anytime I'm in a crowd, and I hear a near fighting volume... I can turn my head to a group of AA's. Here's an exception... the other day I came across a Mexican woman who was extremely obese who was about 10x louder than anyone in the restaurant I was in... so it got me thinking this might not be a southern thing, but perhaps a matter of insecurity or poverty. There's a Mexican woman who lives behind me who lets her child scream at 200 decibels for 12 hours a day, windows fully open, and not a care in the world. This has gone on for 1 year and 3 months.

But I really have no idea. What I have noticed is that if I'm at a restaurant that's over $100 a plate... it seems everyone is pretty civilized and pleasant. I also know that when you live in a really expensive place, you don't experience these things either.

If I were ever in a group with someone that let loose like this... I'd want to punch them in the face.

What's your theory?