Since moving into an apartment in a new-ish neighborhood, I've had to deal with noise, but not ordinary noise. Sometimes during the day, I'd get next door neighbors turning up their stereo, with bass at earth-shaking levels. At night, I've heard thumping and screaming, like DV was going on, from the apartments below AND above me (tri-level) and during the first month, there was DV going on, as on next door neighbor had gotten into a fight with his girlfriend, and she called the cops.

My struggle is, that I've called the managers to deal with it, but they say when they aren't there to call the cops. I don't want to do that (black man) but sometimes you really can't talk to some people as they might feel threatened and pull a gun, especially during a heated moment, so it may not be good to confront the neighbor yourself. Sometimes I don't know what to do, other than move out when my lease is up.