On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:11:59 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:16:36 -0600, "Pete C." >
>wrote:
>
>> I can open my windows at night in the nice weather and hear the crickets
>> and some frogs at the pond.
>
>I can't tell you how much I hated that. They are so freekin noisy.
>Coming to the city meant peace & quiet and a decent nights sleep for a
>change. Best of all, no bugs! YAY!

I couldn't live here with opened windows... the constant din of
bugs/frogs is nothing compared to tons of pollen. I never open my
windows, in fact I got rid of all the window screens... while they
were in they'd get so loaded with pollen I'd need to hose them off
every day or I'd not be able to see out... and if I dared open the
windows all that pollen would blow inside, a disaster... would coat
everything 1/8" deep every day. They couldn't install the central air
fast enough.