Noise annoys!

Zhang Bining, 59, a retired accountant from Chongqing, Southwest China

Last month, I finally moved out of my noisy old apartment and moved to a suburb. I can't believe I lived there for almost a decade. The old place was convenient: It was close to my work and the rail station and surrounded by shopping malls and grocery stores. But it was also located on the busiest street in the city.

After retiring a couple of years ago, I stayed at home most of time and started to feel, as some people would say, "the pulse of the city" - for me it was endless auditory and mental torment.