City living isn’t always as glamorous as it appears. Though the concept of a city that never sleeps may seem appealing to young adults moving into the capital for the first time, listening to the roar of traffic and disturbingly loud conversations outside your ground-floor window in the early hours of the morning is not exactly relaxing.
With the option of retiring 40 years early and convalescing in the English countryside a pipe dream, those of us who can only function on a full eight hours of shut-eye must improvise, adapt and overcome these noisy, sleep-preventing obstacles. Plus, moving further afield won’t stop your partner from snoring. In fact, the increased pollen levels might actually make their unconscious habit even worse.
