My Neighbors Are Awful (I Can't Sleep)

[Jackie Daytona]

Do you have bad neighbors? Leave a comment. I got ya'all beat though.

3-4 years ago I moved to a new neighborhood. I dislike all of them. To protect identities (and myself) I'll be assigning numbers to these people.

Some of these complaints will seem unreasonable. Until you understand that I spent YEARS working night jobs. Which make it very hard for me to sleep at night. And my neighbors? They make it impossible to sleep during the day. I'm so tired.

Neighbor 1
Has endless woodworking projects. Opens his garage, and moves his saw table to the entrance. This creates an amphitheater. Which blasts my house with a high-pitched sound. He'll do this FOR HOURS. He's doing it right now as I type this.

He also setup (and purchased) a drum set for his son. Which he decided to put in the garage. (Never mind the spare car they don't use is parked outside. Because what is a garage for if not for junk?) And they also open the door each time they play the drums. Because I guess they want me to hear clearly how bad their son is at playing. Dude could not keep time if he strapped a watch to his ear.

Oh, and they have non-stop guests. Which park in places that block me from backing out of my own driveway. And make noise. Because they leave their car running. And stand around talking outside. All of which drives my dog crazy.

Neighbor 2
Some old guy. 70+. Stares at me. Literally comes out of his house and stares at me. Every time he sees or hears me outside. It's like he spends the whole day looking out the window. (Seriously, it was 4 a.m. and my dog randomly barked at a guy going past. This dude turned on all his lights, opened his door, and stared at me from his doorway.)

Why? I've no idea. I tried confronting him and he ran inside his home. All I know is my dog won't take a dump with someone staring at him.

He also obsesses over his lawn. Mowing even when there is barely any grass growth. Even during droughts. And he'll go over the same section multiple times. It takes him an hour to mow a section that is roughly 8'x10'.

Autumn is the worst. He has one of those backpack leafblowers. I heard him holding it down at full blast for over 20 seconds. I looked out the window. Dude is staring at a SINGLE LEAF on his lawn. It's stuck. And he spends MINUTES blasting this high-pitched machine at ONE LEAF. Unlike the leaf, I was blown away.

Neighbor 3
Has never heard of a condom. He has a ton of kids. Which scream. Endlessly.

That could be forgivable. Kids are rough. Being a parent isn't easy. But your kids really shouldn't be keeping me up at 10:30 p.m. because you're having a party. A week away from the last party you had. And I couldn't sleep then, either!

One of their dogs escaped from their back yard. I tried to wrangle it. The dog was insanely aggressive, and starving. There was nothing I could do.

Also, owns a chainsaw. Spends hours cutting wood. Sometimes all day. Where did all the wood come from? I don't know. But he sure has a lot of it to cut.

Also sets off fireworks on random evenings.

Neighbor 4
Grandparents of some kids. Which get dumped on them every weekend. They are completely out of control. All they do is scream, squeal, shout, or talk loudly. Non-stop. From 10 a.m. to dusk. They very literally spend all their time in the back yard. Which is just outside my bedroom. It's a nightmare.

Neighbor 5
Old lady that puts her cat out at random. Climbed up on my car. (Multiple times!) Scratched the paint. Then had the nerve to ask me for a favor. Nope!

Neighbor 6
He's a pretty good guy. Except that he uses a high-pitched mini chainsaw to cut small branches into exact 1.5 ft lengths. And will spend hours doing so. For days. I dread the next windstorm.

Neighbor 7
Installed a super-bright porch light, and aimed it at my house.

Neighbor 8
Two doors down. Brings his dog to my yard to take dumps. Sometimes he cleans it, sometimes he doesn't. Why can't this bozo walk in his own yard?

Neighbor 9
Retired cop. Smokes a cigar at midnight. Why would he do this? Beats me. All I know is that he stares at me.

Neighbor 10
Lives a good distance away. Has shooting practice in the evening. At complete random. Throughout the year.

Neighbors X
Then there are these people that are outside between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m. People riding bikes around town. There's quite a few. I don't know what's going on around here. It's weird.

Not Neighbors
There are owls, random animals, and other birds that make it impossible to sleep at night. As they constantly make annoying noises. With no rhythm.

Randos
For reasons unknown, lots of people throw their trash in my yard. It happens multiple times per week.
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This place was perfectly fine when I moved in. Now? It's intolerable.

All my other options are far more expensive. I don't know what to do.

[Mina]

One neighbor had a few daughters from the mental ward, a dog barks and she raises her voice at them telling them to shut up during one night during a party, I thought about ending a weak mind

A nice, older lady lives nearby

One of her neighbors poisoned and kiIIed a few of her dogs earlier, some shurikens were left nearby after being thrown to her fence, near her dogs. I fantasized about kiIIing bad people

[Rain't]

Origineel geplaatst door Jackie Daytona:

Do you have bad neighbors? Leave a comment. I got ya'all beat though.

3-4 years ago I moved to a new neighborhood. I dislike all of them. To protect identities (and myself) I'll be assigning numbers to these people.

Some of these complaints will seem unreasonable. Until you understand that I spent YEARS working night jobs. Which make it very hard for me to sleep at night. And my neighbors? They make it impossible to sleep during the day. I'm so tired.

Neighbor 1
Has endless woodworking projects. Opens his garage, and moves his saw table to the entrance. This creates an amphitheater. Which blasts my house with a high-pitched sound. He'll do this FOR HOURS. He's doing it right now as I type this.

He also setup (and purchased) a drum set for his son. Which he decided to put in the garage. (Never mind the spare car they don't use is parked outside. Because what is a garage for if not for junk?) And they also open the door each time they play the drums. Because I guess they want me to hear clearly how bad their son is at playing. Dude could not keep time if he strapped a watch to his ear.

Oh, and they have non-stop guests. Which park in places that block me from backing out of my own driveway. And make noise. Because they leave their car running. And stand around talking outside. All of which drives my dog crazy.

Neighbor 2
Some old guy. 70+. Stares at me. Literally comes out of his house and stares at me. Every time he sees or hears me outside. It's like he spends the whole day looking out the window. (Seriously, it was 4 a.m. and my dog randomly barked at a guy going past. This dude turned on all his lights, opened his door, and stared at me from his doorway.)

Why? I've no idea. I tried confronting him and he ran inside his home. All I know is my dog won't take a dump with someone staring at him.

He also obsesses over his lawn. Mowing even when there is barely any grass growth. Even during droughts. And he'll go over the same section multiple times. It takes him an hour to mow a section that is roughly 8'x10'.

Autumn is the worst. He has one of those backpack leafblowers. I heard him holding it down at full blast for over 20 seconds. I looked out the window. Dude is staring at a SINGLE LEAF on his lawn. It's stuck. And he spends MINUTES blasting this high-pitched machine at ONE LEAF. Unlike the leaf, I was blown away.

Neighbor 3
Has never heard of a condom. He has a ton of kids. Which scream. Endlessly.

That could be forgivable. Kids are rough. Being a parent isn't easy. But your kids really shouldn't be keeping me up at 10:30 p.m. because you're having a party. A week away from the last party you had. And I couldn't sleep then, either!

One of their dogs escaped from their back yard. I tried to wrangle it. The dog was insanely aggressive, and starving. There was nothing I could do.

Also, owns a chainsaw. Spends hours cutting wood. Sometimes all day. Where did all the wood come from? I don't know. But he sure has a lot of it to cut.

Also sets off fireworks on random evenings.

Neighbor 4
Grandparents of some kids. Which get dumped on them every weekend. They are completely out of control. All they do is scream, squeal, shout, or talk loudly. Non-stop. From 10 a.m. to dusk. They very literally spend all their time in the back yard. Which is just outside my bedroom. It's a nightmare.

Neighbor 5
Old lady that puts her cat out at random. Climbed up on my car. (Multiple times!) Scratched the paint. Then had the nerve to ask me for a favor. Nope!

Neighbor 6
He's a pretty good guy. Except that he uses a high-pitched mini chainsaw to cut small branches into exact 1.5 ft lengths. And will spend hours doing so. For days. I dread the next windstorm.

Neighbor 7
Installed a super-bright porch light, and aimed it at my house.

Neighbor 8
Two doors down. Brings his dog to my yard to take dumps. Sometimes he cleans it, sometimes he doesn't. Why can't this bozo walk in his own yard?

Neighbor 9
Retired cop. Smokes a cigar at midnight. Why would he do this? Beats me. All I know is that he stares at me.

Neighbor 10
Lives a good distance away. Has shooting practice in the evening. At complete random. Throughout the year.

Neighbors X
Then there are these people that are outside between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m. People riding bikes around town. There's quite a few. I don't know what's going on around here. It's weird.

Not Neighbors
There are owls, random animals, and other birds that make it impossible to sleep at night. As they constantly make annoying noises. With no rhythm.

Randos
For reasons unknown, lots of people throw their trash in my yard. It happens multiple times per week.
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This place was perfectly fine when I moved in. Now? It's intolerable.

All my other options are far more expensive. I don't know what to do.

Origineel geplaatst door craigsters:

https://youtu.be/FhAJnx5uwUU?si=cG40ZOYJMi-_RzQ7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDaUy4T7rVI

[Rain't]

Origineel geplaatst door Jackie Daytona:

Do you have bad neighbors? Leave a comment. I got ya'all beat though.

3-4 years ago I moved to a new neighborhood. I dislike all of them. To protect identities (and myself) I'll be assigning numbers to these people.

Some of these complaints will seem unreasonable. Until you understand that I spent YEARS working night jobs. Which make it very hard for me to sleep at night. And my neighbors? They make it impossible to sleep during the day. I'm so tired.

Neighbor 1
Has endless woodworking projects. Opens his garage, and moves his saw table to the entrance. This creates an amphitheater. Which blasts my house with a high-pitched sound. He'll do this FOR HOURS. He's doing it right now as I type this.

He also setup (and purchased) a drum set for his son. Which he decided to put in the garage. (Never mind the spare car they don't use is parked outside. Because what is a garage for if not for junk?) And they also open the door each time they play the drums. Because I guess they want me to hear clearly how bad their son is at playing. Dude could not keep time if he strapped a watch to his ear.

Oh, and they have non-stop guests. Which park in places that block me from backing out of my own driveway. And make noise. Because they leave their car running. And stand around talking outside. All of which drives my dog crazy.

Neighbor 2
Some old guy. 70+. Stares at me. Literally comes out of his house and stares at me. Every time he sees or hears me outside. It's like he spends the whole day looking out the window. (Seriously, it was 4 a.m. and my dog randomly barked at a guy going past. This dude turned on all his lights, opened his door, and stared at me from his doorway.)

Why? I've no idea. I tried confronting him and he ran inside his home. All I know is my dog won't take a dump with someone staring at him.

He also obsesses over his lawn. Mowing even when there is barely any grass growth. Even during droughts. And he'll go over the same section multiple times. It takes him an hour to mow a section that is roughly 8'x10'.

Autumn is the worst. He has one of those backpack leafblowers. I heard him holding it down at full blast for over 20 seconds. I looked out the window. Dude is staring at a SINGLE LEAF on his lawn. It's stuck. And he spends MINUTES blasting this high-pitched machine at ONE LEAF. Unlike the leaf, I was blown away.

Neighbor 3
Has never heard of a condom. He has a ton of kids. Which scream. Endlessly.

That could be forgivable. Kids are rough. Being a parent isn't easy. But your kids really shouldn't be keeping me up at 10:30 p.m. because you're having a party. A week away from the last party you had. And I couldn't sleep then, either!

One of their dogs escaped from their back yard. I tried to wrangle it. The dog was insanely aggressive, and starving. There was nothing I could do.

Also, owns a chainsaw. Spends hours cutting wood. Sometimes all day. Where did all the wood come from? I don't know. But he sure has a lot of it to cut.

Also sets off fireworks on random evenings.

Neighbor 4
Grandparents of some kids. Which get dumped on them every weekend. They are completely out of control. All they do is scream, squeal, shout, or talk loudly. Non-stop. From 10 a.m. to dusk. They very literally spend all their time in the back yard. Which is just outside my bedroom. It's a nightmare.

Neighbor 5
Old lady that puts her cat out at random. Climbed up on my car. (Multiple times!) Scratched the paint. Then had the nerve to ask me for a favor. Nope!

Neighbor 6
He's a pretty good guy. Except that he uses a high-pitched mini chainsaw to cut small branches into exact 1.5 ft lengths. And will spend hours doing so. For days. I dread the next windstorm.

Neighbor 7
Installed a super-bright porch light, and aimed it at my house.

Neighbor 8
Two doors down. Brings his dog to my yard to take dumps. Sometimes he cleans it, sometimes he doesn't. Why can't this bozo walk in his own yard?

Neighbor 9
Retired cop. Smokes a cigar at midnight. Why would he do this? Beats me. All I know is that he stares at me.

Neighbor 10
Lives a good distance away. Has shooting practice in the evening. At complete random. Throughout the year.

Neighbors X
Then there are these people that are outside between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m. People riding bikes around town. There's quite a few. I don't know what's going on around here. It's weird.

Not Neighbors
There are owls, random animals, and other birds that make it impossible to sleep at night. As they constantly make annoying noises. With no rhythm.

Randos
For reasons unknown, lots of people throw their trash in my yard. It happens multiple times per week.
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This place was perfectly fine when I moved in. Now? It's intolerable.

All my other options are far more expensive. I don't know what to do.

feels like a bad sit-com. if it's real, just get whitenoise. I fall asleep to music from speakers in my room. Adjust the volume till it's comfortably what you can hear. Put on whatever. Fire crackling, rain falling, jazz, whatever drowns out the sounds that are keeping you up

[Morkonan]

Origineel geplaatst door Jackie Daytona:

...

All my other options are far more expensive. I don't know what to do.

Disposable foam earplugs. (Available at any Pharmacy in the US. Don't get the "rubber" safety ones, get the foam sleeping ones.)

Black-out curtains. (Wallmart/etc)

White noise generator. (I prefer a fan, but others may want an app or an actual white noise generator, which can be bought at most chain pharmacies in the US. (Little electric box))


I keep a container of earplugs in my shaving kit for trips that may end up at noisy spots/hotels/etc.

PS: I had really crappy neighbors at another place. Very upscale neighborhood, but the people there were jerks. One of my neighbors told me to keep my ants out of his yard... after I had just put out some fire-ant killer on a nest... Come to find out, an ex-employee of mine (nutjob) knew a neighbor and just started filling their head with junk. Where I live now, all my neighbors are the nicest people. We do things for each other and treat each other like... neighbors.

[Raziel]

Why is your life a bad 80ies movie?

[brain stew]

Sure grandpa, let’s get you to bed now...

[Jackie Daytona]

Origineel geplaatst door Good Night Owl:

If you're walking through life, and you meet this one guy, and you're like "Man this guy is an A-hole". Alright, that guy is an A-hole.

But if you're going through life, and you're like "Man, EVERYONE is an A-hole", then you're the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Just something to consider. You seem to have a problem with ALL your neighbors. Not just one or two.

I've seen this sort of comment before. It is sometimes accurate. However, it can easily mischaracterize.

Everyone has some aspect to them that is annoying. (Maybe not everyone will be annoyed. But someone will.) Each and every person.

In my entire story, you didn't find any of those people to be inconsiderate? Wow.

Do I have a problem with most of my neighbors? Yeah. Because I'm sick of every day being filled with the sound of children screaming, table saws, and/or chainsaws. I'd be nice to be able to watch a movie without having to turn up to volume. For the sole purpose of drowning out the annoying neighbors.

Want my experience? Download the sound of a table saw cutting wood. Loop it into a 3 hour mp3. Put it on your phone. Max-out the volume. Play it. Leave it in the room next to where you sleep. Then tell me I'm a jerk for not liking that.

[Affronter]

Do the neighbours hang an upside-down pineapple on the exterior entrance?

[livinggg]

Origineel geplaatst door Morkonan:

Disposable foam earplugs. (Available at any Pharmacy in the US. Don't get the "rubber" safety ones, get the foam sleeping ones.)

Black-out curtains. (Wallmart/etc)

White noise generator. (I prefer a fan, but others may want an app or an actual white noise generator, which can be bought at most chain pharmacies in the US. (Little electric box))


I keep a container of earplugs in my shaving kit for trips that may end up at noisy spots/hotels/etc.

PS: I had really crappy neighbors at another place. Very upscale neighborhood, but the people there were jerks. One of my neighbors told me to keep my ants out of his yard... after I had just put out some fire-ant killer on a nest... Come to find out, an ex-employee of mine (nutjob) knew a neighbor and just started filling their head with junk. Where I live now, all my neighbors are the nicest people. We do things for each other and treat each other like... neighbors.

All this plus you can get cheap soundproofing or some kind of insulation to help with cutting down the sound from outside

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So your neighbors can't do nothing or live their life because it bothers you. Yea they are not the problem. The world don't revolve around you.

I rather her my neighbors doing what they like and kids scream when they play it's kids being kids.

But my neighbor she is in her 40's and from around 6pm to around 6am she has men knocking on her door then for an hour you hear her moaning loudly. it will stop for a bit till another guy knocks on her door and shes back at it again.

[Jackie Daytona]

ARGH! I made a huge post, and Steam ate it. Starting over. *sigh*

Origineel geplaatst door 𝖠̶̶̅𝖨̶̶̅𝖬̶̶̅:

Sounds like you need a first shift job.

I would have preferred that. Never could land one. Every job I've had has been afternoons, evenings, or nights. (Aside from one. Which didn't last long.)

Origineel geplaatst door Face Diaper:

It seems like every town in the world has the same type of neighbors you have.
Me? I own no pets. I am single, not dating, and not interested. I bring no guests over.
I have no kids, so I am alone all the time. I am very quiet.
Oh my ... I am the perfect neighbor.

Update: Do what I did. Move to another country or state. Best decision I made.

Been thinking about it. Time to seriously consider it.

Origineel geplaatst door ghost:

You have writing skills. Make it sound funny. But I can imagine it to be actually pretty bad. Especially that old lady who keeps climbing on your car.

Did I write in a way that made it sound like that?

*re-reads*

*LOL!*

Yeah, I see what you are saying. The phrasing was weak.

You remind me of my English professor. He wouldn't let anything slide. Dude was a beast. You want an "A"? Good luck.

[Bagel]

I think a pair of good ear plugs for sleeping could solve half of your problems.

The other ones. I dunno, you seem a bit paranoid to me. Sorry.

[Jackie Daytona]

Origineel geplaatst door R.I.P. Willie Mays:

So your neighbors can't do nothing or live their life because it bothers you. Yea they are not the problem. The world don't revolve around you.

When I'm up late? I turn the sound down. So, I don't wake people up.

Expecting the same consideration is selfish?

Origineel geplaatst door R.I.P. Willie Mays:

I rather her my neighbors doing what they like and kids scream when they play it's kids being kids.

I don't think you understand. The screaming never stops. It's roughly every 3 minutes. My mom would have slapped me across the face for doing that.

This level of screaming isn't normal. It's a "I want to move to place with higher rent just so I don't have to deal with this" level.

[Thadeus]

Find ways to mess with them too.

In Romania, we call these tactics "Carp Pheromones".

It started out as an online meme on r/romania, where people complaining about their neighbors doing things that are highly annoying but not actually law breaking and so the law doesn't do anything about it, were told to just go to a bait shop and buy carp pheromones and smear it on the offending neighbors's apartment door, door mat, car, etc. This is a substance used in fishing, which is dumped at the finishing spot and it makes fish hungry and more likely to gather up in that spot. The downside is that it smells horribly and is difficult to wash off.

Then "Carp Pheromones" just became the dog whistle for all encompassing ways to piss off your neighbor without actually breaking the law.

Here's my suggestion about the woodworker. Buy large speakers and position them towards his yard, then start blasting music the moment he starts blasting the sawmill.

[GunsForBucks]

Origineel geplaatst door Thadeus:

Find ways to mess with them too.

In Romania, we call these tactics "Carp Pheromones".

It started out as an online meme on r/romania, where people complaining about their neighbors doing things that are highly annoying but not actually law breaking and so the law doesn't do anything about it, were told to just go to a bait shop and buy carp pheromones and smear it on the offending neighbors's apartment door, door mat, car, etc. This is a substance used in fishing, which is dumped at the finishing spot and it makes fish hungry and more likely to gather up in that spot. The downside is that it smells horribly and is difficult to wash off.

Then "Carp Pheromones" just became the dog whistle for all encompassing ways to piss off your neighbor without actually breaking the law.

Here's my suggestion about the woodworker. Buy large speakers and position them towards his yard, then start blasting music the moment he starts blasting the sawmill.

You probably shouldn't promote ways to harass people.
Especially when it involves trespassing on their property.

Frankly I think that sort of thing might fall into a "terrorist" kind of act.