As I'm sitting on the balcony, trying to enjoy my morning coffee...

One neighbor apparently believes that it's highly entertaining for the rest of us to hear her end of all of her phone conversations, as it seems she systematically heads out on the balcony when she's on the phone. Usually for hours. And she's LOUD. I'm sorry to admit, but the fact that she speaks Spanish doesn't exactly add to the charm at this point. 
 
OR, it maybe that her younglings are loud too, so she has to step out if she wants to hear anything. 

I'd understand that.

They usually play video games all day and listen to "music" (or, as an alternative, watch the Chipmunks, which can seriously damage your ears, even from here) all day w/ the volume as loud as possible. 

I know that because she/they never close their balcony door - except when she's on the phone outside, of course. So I guess she must have at least a mild notion that they are too loud.

I think we also have one neighbor who has yet to figure out how the alarm on his car works. It goes off EVERYDAY. Sometimes a couple of times a day, actually. Did just now. And apparently, he also suffers from a severe case of OCD because he will systematically remote lock/unlock his car at least 10 times in a row afterwards. There we go. Wait for it... 7, 8, 9, 10! He's got it. 

The guy next door has eclectic musical tastes. I know this because he loves loud music and he also doesn't like to close the balcony sliding door. Hendrix and Janis are cool. But apparently his friends dig hip hop because his playlist changes when he has buddies over. Which is every night.

That's another thing. I don't get the open door thing. It's not like there's fresh air coming in. And don't people want to keep their private life, uh, private? Don't they have the slightest idea that not everyone outside wants to listen to their music?

We also have one neighbor who loves dogs and owns 2 of them. But apparently, he prefers them right outside - which I can understand because they're quite noisy and annoying and they can fight w/ each other for hours. Often seems like they only want in though...

The odd thing is, I am a self-confessed misanthrope. Maybe because I can't just ignore the fact that I'm not alone in this world and that people sure seem to do their best to remind me of that. 

But as a result of this acute consciousness, I tend to be very considerate of others - because, you know, since we have to live together, we better be considerate of others and make the best of it. In fact, because I know that I may be a bit too sensitive, I tend to overcompensate and place other peoples' rights and freedoms before mine and to go the extra mile in being considerate and tolerant.

But sometimes, I think the key to living together in harmony is not to be considerate of each others, but instead, to be blissfully ignorant of all others around you. 

Should I ever decide to go for that option, I'm pretty sure that I have enough speakers/wattage in this house to drown out all of their feeble attempts at annoying the entire community. 

Wonder how they'd like a bit of good old dark-electro-industrial-noise-harsh-EBM... 

Now we know the real reason you're looking for a Marshall. 

What's amusing and puzzling now, may become a bigger pain later.  Good luck with the situation.  I hope it doesn't get worse. 

So....
Las Vegas is noisier than New York City. Gotcha. The little stack isn't going to help with that.

To be honest, it's tolerable. Not to the point where it actually bothers us when we're in. But, you know, it's nice to be able to spend some time outside. 

The only time where it made me miserable enough to go back in was when that lady and her kids decided to listen to what sounded like a 2 hours long non-stop medley of the same beat and repetitive noises. I was actually hoping she'd walk out, but got tired of it before she did.

The Marshall sure is a weapon of choice. ;) I remember one time getting so sick of my upstairs neighbor's music that I ended up placing the Marshall on its back w/ all knobs to 10, putting the strat directly on it to get a nice feedback going and leaving the place for an hour or so to run errands. 

Sounded like a plane was landing in the apartment. Jimi would have been proud. ;)

I can hear birds fart at least four blocks away when I'm in the yard.
I'd make it there one day. The next day I would pack and walk if I had to.
That's a fact. That is exactly why I can hear those birds. :)

Wow!!
Rain, I feel your pain....
I would consider getting into a house once your lease runs out.
Best of luck!!

Yup - that's pretty much the way it is in Stoneham (Quebec) where we hope to settle down eventually.  Mountains, trees, wildlife, and the family...

That being said, despite the annoying neighbors at times, I can still enjoy some quiet moments outside - something which was impossible on 42nd street.

If not for those few people, we actually get to enjoy both the quiet life while keeping all the advantages of the big city (like having music stores w/ everything I need 5-10 minutes from here.)

Mesh


Wow!!
Rain, I feel your pain....
I would consider getting into a house once your lease runs out.
Best of luck!!

That's the plan. We rented this condo from a friend who owns a couple of them here - the show he was in was closing and he was leaving town right when we arrived. Actually our show is replacing theirs. Anyway, this leaves us time to get to know Vegas and to find in which part of the city we want to live. 


Having to buy a new car kind of set us back a bit in terms of cash down for the house, but the plan is to move into our own house sometimes in the second half of 2013.


I'm sure we'll enjoy the quiet life. We've had a few dinners w/ friends already, people who own houses in different parts of the city. Sure nice to spend quiet evenings outside in quiet suburbs, but still have a Guitar Center nearby. ;)

If you really like the quiet life, you should come down here to FL. I just love the country style living with lots of nature/land/trees, very peaceful (except for my 3 little ones, but it's still a learning transition for them to speak softly) and not too far from the city......best of both worlds!!  

My brother in law did a nice one. He got fed up with the music the neighbours played (loud) to accompany their barbequing.

He went to the faculty of music in the university and borrowed Tibethan temple music. You know, gigantic low pitch horns, sounding like stretched farts of  a sperm whale, lasting for hours, accidentally decorated with some bells and such.

I would have liked to be there when he put the CDs in the boombox and turned the volume to eleven and started a casual conversation with is friends "just like normally"!