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85 dB at 100 metres: measuring what Amsterdam pretends it can't
October 2025 — on being told the noise is fine while holding evidence that it isn’t
There is a specific kind of frustration that comes from a government that is simultaneously collecting your taxes and telling you that the problem you’re experiencing isn’t a problem. Not because they’ve measured it and found it acceptable. But because they’ve decided not to measure it at all, and are asking you to trust that their absence of data is equivalent to data that confirms your absence of a legitimate complaint.