You definitely have my sympathies. Payback is also a concern, I know that my noisy and lawbreaking neighbors egged my house (on “their” side) after I called the police three times one night. Or the times the teenage girl would sneak in (and out) older boys through her bedroom window, and I could hear everything—however I stopped that particular brand of noise by waiting outside with a camera and saying she’d better be quieter about her activities or her parents would get these pictures!
I remember another time they got so drunk / high that they climbed the roof (almost falling off a few times) and were dropping glass bottles into their swimming pool (from the roof, can you picture it?!). Then, when they were diving in the pool FROM THE ROOF, I was afraid someone was going to get their neck broken—or worse, that they’d miss and impale themself atop my fence on our property line.
The police were pretty much useless to control the noise, drugs, messes and other property infringements. Eventually I moved 1,000 miles away and until reading this post, I realized how rarely I have thought of these people who used to consume so much of my focus and energy on trying to rest and relax despite their presence.
I had a few problems with a noisy neighbor that is no longer around, he had no muffler on his motorcycle. Now, I scarcely ever hear my neighbors. I’m probably the “noisy neighbor” now because of my dog. However, if he is outside and barks loudly more than three times, I bring him inside. I don’t want him to be thought of as antagonizing the other dogs….
Gosh, I love Kentucky!
