Noise fest
Hola. Anyone been to the concha to watch carnival? Wow. Wow. What a joke. Wall to wall people and the music was so loud you could literally feel it. At first glance it looked very culturally interesting, but the music was deafening. Sat at the bar Barracruda. It is about a block away. The music there is too loud for me, but it couldn't be heard above the noise from la concha. What is the infatuation for loud music? Is it to cover up poor musical ability? We had just come from Sixteenos on the La Ropa road listening to Don Scott's blues. Very nice. What a difference.
"Hola. Anyone been to the concha to watch carnival? Wow. Wow. What a joke. Wall to wall people and the music was so loud you could literally feel it. At first glance it looked very culturally interesting, but the music was deafening. Sat at the bar Barracruda. It is about a block away. The music there is too loud for me, but it couldn't be heard above the noise from la concha. What is the infatuation for loud music? Is it to cover up poor musical ability? We had just come from Sixteenos on the La Ropa road listening to Don Scott's blues. Very nice. What a difference."
The noise could be easily heard as far away as the sitio de taxi en la colonia de La Noria, probably the equivalent of around 10 blocks away.
The db and sound pressure limits indicated by the established Environmental Norms are not enforced.
The tens of thousands of watts power house sound systems used at some public events are most definitely overkill and I.M.O. just aren't necessary.
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jaui
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by tay50 
, Sunday, March 17, 2019, 07:50 (2798 days ago) @ jaui
We encountered the same issue one night in Ixtapa when we went to the General for dinner, they were doing a fundraiser of some kind. The band was 20 feet from the dinning area and they played so loud we just kept on walking to a different place to eat. How the patrons and waiter's communicated was beyond me, the sound also carried down the sidewalks to other restaurants which we also had to avoid.
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We live above las Gatas, Friday and Saturday, doors closed, a/c on, first time since November. I was wondering how loud it must be downtown, if it was so loud for us.
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by midalake , Sunday, March 17, 2019, 08:31 (2798 days ago) @ victorio
Poor guy on the Burger cart will be deaf after the weekend.
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We were at Daniel's and the music hurt my ears ,so we walked to the pier and it was ok there The fire works were really nice from the pier.
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Judy Mamou
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by cd69 , Winnipeg,MB,Canada, Sunday, March 17, 2019, 10:44 (2798 days ago) @ victorio
This is the first sign people are getting old when they start complaining about how loud the music is at a concert 
One of the band that was playing last night is pretty good and I watched them several times last year and this year at Barracruda. Glad to see they were part of the line up for the Carnaval.
Loud noise, people blabbing incessantly and cigarette smoke will kill me here in Mexico eventually
I better get used to it or carry a BIG bubble everywhere I go!
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by cd69 , Winnipeg,MB,Canada, Sunday, March 17, 2019, 10:52 (2798 days ago) @ mosesk
The cigarette smoke in bars or worst, restaurants, is a whole different issue. After getting rid of it in Canada for years now making it so nice to go to these places, I find it hard to deal with this at times in Zihua.
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by Ray , Zihuatanejo, Mexico and Chicago, IL USA, Sunday, March 17, 2019, 13:27 (2798 days ago) @ cd69
You're not alone in reacting negatively to cigarette smoking in bars or restaurants in Zihuatanejo and other places in Mexico. This is one of those Mexican inspired "liberties" that I don't find appealing but have learned to live with it (after reminding myself that this is not the USA).
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by ZihuaRob 
, Zihuatanejo, México, Sunday, March 17, 2019, 12:35 (2798 days ago) @ victorio
We thought the music and the event itself were entertaining, but the level of sound was excessive to the point of being a credible public health issue. We live 3 blocks away but even with windows closed we couldn’t converse without shouting, and the low-frequency vibrations from the sub-woofers aka earthquake speakers pose a threat to nearby buildings such as our home. How far away do locals have to live from such public events so as not to be negatively affected by them? Not all of us have the luxury of being in party mode at will. Some businesses including offices near the zócalo simply closed because they couldn’t conduct business. Windows broke from the vibration.
Hey, I attended more than a few rock concerts. I get what the attraction is of brain-numbing loudness, but this Carnaval is touted as a family event, so lots of little kids are present. Not to mention the animals at SPAZ suffering like many of the rest of downtown’s furry and feathered denizens.
