Tangentially related, I am regularly waken up by garbage trucks at ~2am and ~4:30am, and then sometimes again at ~6am.
(I live in San Francisco).
It's becoming unbearable. Unfortunately there are a couple of commercial activities nearby, and my understanding is that there's no way to force these trucks to come at a more decent time.
Any of you have any idea on how to fix this? Sorry if this is a bit off-topic, but not sleeping well for months is something that deeply affects your well being...
Marpac Sound Machine and perhaps add some heavy, heavy curtains over the windows. Other than that, I suspect moving somewhere with better soundproofing or away from commercial traffic may be the only viable alternative.
I moved to a very noisy part of the city and found that practicing a different reaction to noise actually helped me. I just decided to treat it as not such a big deal and I'm able to sleep quite well now. White noise helps too.
It's becoming unbearable. Unfortunately there are a couple of commercial activities nearby, and my understanding is that there's no way to force these trucks to come at a more decent time.
Any of you have any idea on how to fix this? Sorry if this is a bit off-topic, but not sleeping well for months is something that deeply affects your well being...