Noisy kids/noisy neighbors

[rosethecopycat]

Times have changed, and not for the better, I'm afraid.

Back in the '60's noise of that kind would not have been tolerated by us neighborhood kids.

I grew up on a block of terraces, and if we made any noise during the old lady next door's 2-4pm nap, we were toast.

Back then, we all got beaten (spanked) and it wasn't just by our own parents, neighbors could hit you too.

Point is, kids CAN control themselves. The parents just have to make it unacceptable behavior.

Now, I live in a stand-alone home, but the house next door is a short term vacation rental. Some loud groups come in for the week or two. (German visitors are some of the loudest ) And some of the time the house is vacant.
I say I'll take this arrangement over full-time bad neighbors any day.

[Laura's Babies]

People these days seem to think as long as the kids are out of the house and out of their hair, everything is FINE! We had one family here that she put them out in the morning and never checked on them all day, then between 4 to 5 pm, she walked the neighborhood yelling as loud as she could for them. In the time between the time she put them out, then went to find them, they did anything they wanted which included stitting or standing on neighbors cars. Going on the proches of people that were not at home. Playing "throw the ball over the power lines", throwing their puppy up in the air until we threated to call the law about that, dragging that puppy around the neighborhood on a leash.. We were SO glad when they moved!

[RICHARD]

If you have a stereo, find either the most obnoxious or the most classical album you have and blast it for a good .5 hour

Try it when the kids get loud....If the parents are paying attention, the noise will stop.

There was a group that rented next door to the house and they played RAP and Oldies all the time. A few Saturdays of Classic Rock got that problem solved.

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Currently that house, which sits on the corner and has an "L" shape to it has a woman who plays music and screams loudly WHOOOOOOOOO, every 10-15 minutes. She lives on the far leg of the house=it's a duplex, but I can hear her loud and clear.

I thought she was getting raped or something until I figured it out.


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I lived in an apartment building in the ground floor and for the last 5-6 months I lived there a newly wed couple had the unit above.

I could not look at the gal when I saw her in the garage because I would start to laugh.

Was it her workout with aerobics? Nope.
Was it her early morning prep to go to work? Nope.
Was it her walking about the apartment during the day?

NOPE!


It was the screaming banshee she became during the "special moments" with her husband. There was another apartment building next door and that building made noise echo back and forth.

It was interesting and I thought it was nice that she was a religious person during that time.


She was always calling out to "god". I never knew prayer could be so intense?

[Queen of Poop]

We moved out to an acreage outside of Calgary to get away from all the city crap.

Now, we can have all the windows open, or be outside and the silence is almost scary. Being outside, pulling weeds and there is NOT ANOTHER SOUND AT ALL. Just the wind, birds, etc.

If you need a break from it all you're welcome to come enjoy!