Apartment Drama

Good luck trying to find an APARTMENT that is peaceful with well built construction.Most of the time your going to have kids thumping or womans heels on hard surface flooring above you. IMHO anyone who lives in a apartment should expect to put up with all kinds of noises...That's why I have a stereo ..so I don't have to hear all this crap!

ITs true that noise to some degree is inherent in many or even perhaps most apartment buildings.

So its a two way street. You can probably expect to get away with making as much noise as you hear associated with any particular neighbor. That's a fair exchange. It takes two to be good neighbors and decide what works best case by case.

Or just kick their ass as EBM suggests and be done with it.

I am so glad I do not live in an apartment anymore. It was awful. There are two behavioral expectations at odds here.
1. I will be quiet and trust you to offer me the same courtesy.
2. I will be noisy and allow you to be noisy if you want to be.
Which one is yours?

You want to have some noisy neighbors; kick their asses and go to jail*. I haven't found a quiet one yet! (*been there/done that/got the slides)

Bass (low bass) in an adjacent apartment can sound HUGE compared to your room. And, in your room, you could certainly have conversations while your bass was pumping out without noticing it. This happened to me once when I bought my first Velodyne back in 1996. I could barely hear the bass (it was probably balanced in room) but my neighbor said it was extremely boomy, and as others have said recommended I elevate it off the floor. Ever since then I have done my best to NOT live in an apartment.