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Revealed: The 10 US cities where you'll get the WORST night's sleep...

where does yours rank? READ MORE: Sleeping five hours a night raises risk of stroke by 70%, study says By Luke Andrews Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 08:59 EDT, 20 June 2024 | Updated: 09:10 EDT, 20 June 2024 e-mail View comments If you want to get a good night's sleep, then you probably want to keep away from Florida 's most well-known coastal resort. Miami has been deemed the noisiest city in the country, according to an analysis of average 24-hour noise levels in 50 major cities across the US.



Visitors can expect to hear sounds that reach 52 decibels (dB) — equivalent to the hum of an industrial refrigerator — when they try to nod off. Unsurprisingly, the city that never sleeps also made the top ten list, although Boston was deemed to be more disruptive. Chicago and Louisville in Kentucky were also culprits of sleep-killing noise.

The above graphic shows the ten cities with the most noise pollution at night Experts linked the noises to traffic congestion in the cities, and also suggested that sounds from construction work could disrupt sleep. For the report, by wellness firm Pure CBD Now, researchers extracted data from national database ArcGIS on noise pollution by city over a 24-hour period. Noise pollution is measured by decibel meters placed at strategic points in cities — such as near traffic jams — which records dB levels throughout the night.

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