A walk in the woods sometimes qualifies, but it isn't always convenient, especially in winter.
I use quiet for prayer and writing and just being silent sometimes. (Walking is lousy for writing.) Other people live here as well as I, and they listen to music or podcasts or talk on the phone (or sometimes want to talk to me, which is fine, but not quiet).
When I need silence, I find that headphones and instrumental music to overcome other people's music/noise is almost as good. Half the time. If I need to be doing something rather than resting the mind, it isn't good enough. (Do I need to say that any music at all is bad when trying to write poetry?)
When you have little kids, silence is more of a late-night thing, and you're tired and sleepy then.
Early in the morning? Perhaps. There are tradeoffs.
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