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posted by mrpg on Friday April 20 2018, @06:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the say-what-again dept.

Vox presents an article about restaurant noise levels and why they've risen over the years.

When the Line Hotel opened in Washington, DC, last December, the cocktail bars, gourmet coffee shops, and restaurants that fill its cavernous lobby drew a lot of buzz. Housed in a century-old church, the space was also reputedly beautiful.

My first visit in February confirmed that the Line was indeed as sleek as my friends and restaurant critics had suggested. There was just one problem: I wanted to leave almost as soon as I walked in. My ears were invaded by a deafening din.

[...] In reckoning with this underappreciated health threat, I’ve been wondering how we got here and why any well-meaning restaurateur would inflict this pain on his or her patrons and staff. I learned that there are a number of reasons — and they mostly have to do with restaurant design trends. In exposing them, I hope restaurateurs will take note: You may be deafening your staff and patrons.


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  • (Score: 2) by leftover on Friday April 20 2018, @03:32PM (1 child)

    by leftover (2448) on Friday April 20 2018, @03:32PM (#669676)

    You seem to know only the wrong Americans. New York City is to Americans as Paris is to the wonderful people of France.

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  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Friday April 20 2018, @04:06PM

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Friday April 20 2018, @04:06PM (#669687)

    I've been all over America. Americans are pretty universally loud; it isn't just NYC. Notice that TFA specifically cited a restaurant in DC. They do tend to be quieter in the coastal west-coast cities though. They're significantly taller there too. Certain subcultures also tend to be louder than others.