I can sympathize with this letter writer. My previous upstairs neighbors moved their furniture daily while vacuuming and walked with steps heavy enough to make my windows rattle. They liked to hold long phone calls on their balcony at just the right volume for me to hear every word despite my closed windows. I'd hear random thuds from them at all hours. And I couldn't really say anything because people are allowed to clean and walk around and have conversations in their own homes. Reporting these things to my landlord would have just led to them seeing me as a controlling jerk. Sometimes you just have to put up with certain aggravations as part of apartment life.
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