"In the backwoods the slightest little thing disturbs your sleep. In the cities you could drop a bomb and no-one would notice."

LOL Dave!
Well, I'm in a little town (pop. 16k-ish) with inner-city problems - booze, drugs, crime, high unemployment, infested with a high proportion Jade Goody/Jack Tweed wannabes/lookalikes and their darling little Chardonnay-Madonnas and Tyler-Morgans, you name it. It's comparatively quiet in my street, but Friday and Saturday nights can be a nightmare with these selfish animals screaming and shouting as they pass by on their way back to their lairs. Not to mention pissing on my front grass, puking on my drive, and throwing pizza boxes and burger containers on peoples front gardens.
I really don't believe that people actually need to be pissing it up till three in the morning.