Ah, wasn't sure if you were still there. I used to rent in Muswell Hill for a bit, sounds very similar. The demographic obviously makes a difference too but walking back at night from Highgate Tube because the buses had all disappeared again was eerily quiet.
Right now my ears are ringing from the silence, I cannot hear a road, a train, a car, a plane... just nothing. Opened the window to check, leaves rustling, somewhere down the street someone else has an open window and faint voices.
The weird thing in Muswell Hill was I never heard/saw foxes. I think everyone disposes of their food too well, or it's far enough out that the foxes are like country ones or something!
Ah, wasn't sure if you were still there. I used to rent in Muswell Hill for a bit, sounds very similar. The demographic obviously makes a difference too but walking back at night from Highgate Tube because the buses had all disappeared again was eerily quiet.