Yes, it's amazing how far your senses can spread out when they're not overloaded. I can feel like I'm tuned into an area about six miles across. This is actually something I have strong feelings about. The main highway near my house was a two lane when we moved in, then the state decided to buy property and upgrade to a four lane. One of the land owners (bless him) decided he didn't like the price and for ten years the project was stalled halfway finished, and traffic simply avoided the whole area. This meant that for ten years we had essentially no traffic sounds at night, and it was heavenly. Now the highway is finished and I realize how oppressive traffic sounds are. Sure, we're all used to it, like (I would say) we're used to a lot of things that aren't so great either. Because I was free from it for so long, I realize what we're giving up.