According to a WHO report, Buenos Aires is the 4th noisiest city in the world and the noisest in Latin America. Worldwide, the top three noisiest cities seem to be Tokyo, Nagasaki and New York.

I'm not really surprised by this report. I'm writing this in saturday mid-morning, and through my apartment balcony I can hear a veritable cacophony of mostly traffic noises. Of course, living near Avenida 9 de Julio might have something to do with that...