>>7124
>From 9 until 1AM, it sounded every bit like a warzone should, as is fitting.
That is exactly how I would describe ours as well.

>Here, it seems more sedate. In exchange, during the day someone is shooting a gun at least once in pretty much any average day.
Same in rural texas.

>It's mostly the one neighbor with the dynamite -- nearly a dozen sticks of whatever it is, shaking the windows every time. But just a few 'bangs' every half-hourish.
You weren't speaking figuratively then, eh? That sounds like it would be mighty startling to have the quiet interrupted like that.