Part of living in a city is exercising some basic decorum when it comes to living very close to a lot of people. When you play loud music until 2 am -- keeping your neighbor awake with a bass rumble that can be felt through the bed frame despite ear plugs that shouldn't be necessary in the first place -- you should remember that your neighbor might just have to work tomorrow.
(It might be hard to fathom, but not everybody is a college student or an unmarried 23 year old, and some people even have to get to work early on the weekends -- myself included, during crunch times).
If you can't handle treating other people living in the next room with basic courtesy, you should yourself seriously consider living in the suburbs.
It makes for pretty bad neighborly relations, and they'll just behave worse the next time. The best approach is to mention it politely when you run into them in the hallways or out on the sidewalk.
However, it's still pretty rare for inconsiderate people to grow up and show some consideration just because you ask.
I've lived in cities for my entire adult life, and I find that choosing the right building and neighborhood is imperative. When I've had bad neighbors, it's rarely just one.
Yes, it's no good for longer term neighbours. But nobody seems to have a problem with them. Or, rather, the discussion was about short term neighbours not behaving.
Calling the police is a reactive measure -- you're already awake at 2am, now you're just trying to mitigate the damage and prevent it from happening again.
With a short-term tenant, there isn't a next time to prevent, and chances are good that they'll just turn the music down until the cops leave (and possibly find ways to mistreat your property in retaliation).
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Part of living in a city is exercising some basic decorum when it comes to living very close to a lot of people. When you play loud music until 2 am -- keeping your neighbor awake with a bass rumble that can be felt through the bed frame despite ear plugs that shouldn't be necessary in the first place -- you should remember that your neighbor might just have to work tomorrow.
(It might be hard to fathom, but not everybody is a college student or an unmarried 23 year old, and some people even have to get to work early on the weekends -- myself included, during crunch times).
If you can't handle treating other people living in the next room with basic courtesy, you should yourself seriously consider living in the suburbs.
I sure wouldn't want to live next to you.
Can't you just call the police on the loud people?
It makes for pretty bad neighborly relations, and they'll just behave worse the next time. The best approach is to mention it politely when you run into them in the hallways or out on the sidewalk.
However, it's still pretty rare for inconsiderate people to grow up and show some consideration just because you ask.
I've lived in cities for my entire adult life, and I find that choosing the right building and neighborhood is imperative. When I've had bad neighbors, it's rarely just one.
Yes, it's no good for longer term neighbours. But nobody seems to have a problem with them. Or, rather, the discussion was about short term neighbours not behaving.
Calling the police is a reactive measure -- you're already awake at 2am, now you're just trying to mitigate the damage and prevent it from happening again.
With a short-term tenant, there isn't a next time to prevent, and chances are good that they'll just turn the music down until the cops leave (and possibly find ways to mistreat your property in retaliation).
Yes, that's probably true.