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It cuts both ways. If you had a baby, you wouldn't want them woken up in the middle of their nap by someone coming home and turning on a TV, closing a door, or

It cuts both ways. If you had a baby, you wouldn't want them woken up in the middle of their nap by someone coming home and turning on a TV, closing a door, or something else equally normal. If you had children, you'd want them to have a quiet place to study and rest, even when the twenty-something neighbors are throwing a raucous party. I think most people, including parents, both don't want to be disturbed and don't want to disturb others.

at-fates-hands 11y ago
When my sister had her first baby, I was tip-toeing around their house when her baby was sleeping and was told not to. Apparently if you go about your normal day, babies will get used to falling asleep in a semi-noisy environment. However, you go out of your way to create an ultra quiet place when they sleep, any slight disturbance will wake them up.
- Avenger42 11y ago
  True, but there's a difference between "don't bother keeping your voice down when talking in the next room" and "my baby wakes up when the neighbor three apartments down the hall slams his door". I don't necessarily want noise insulation within a dwelling, but I sure want it insulated from my neighbors.
  - protomyth 11y ago
    > I don't necessarily want noise insulation within a dwelling, but I sure want it insulated from my neighbors. For me, this would be the goal. Being able to hear the next room over for loud noises could be a safety issue, but hearing my neighbor has never been a positive. I can see zones of sounds inside a dwelling (e.g. kitchen - dining room - living room sound separated from bedrooms or office).
richardkmichael 11y ago
In my 20 years of experience with apartments and noise, "most" people do not care about disturbing others. This is at best "some" people, but likely "a few".
- egypturnash 11y ago
  I live on the ground floor of a six-unit building in a university area. Not too long after the new semester starts, I find myself having to politely get the attention of a new student renter because they are playing music loudly at 3AM. Every single time I've done it, they've apologized, turned it down, and usually thanked me for doing it myself instead of calling the cops. I've lived here for about three years now. It's a smaller pile of anecdata than yours but I don't feel like I'm likely to see a different trend any time soon.
- gburt 11y ago
  I don't buy it. I think being a disturbance is just much easier than one realizes.

at-fates-hands 11y ago

When my sister had her first baby, I was tip-toeing around their house when her baby was sleeping and was told not to. Apparently if you go about your normal day, babies will get used to falling asleep in a semi-noisy environment. However, you go out of your way to create an ultra quiet place when they sleep, any slight disturbance will wake them up.

Avenger42 11y ago
True, but there's a difference between "don't bother keeping your voice down when talking in the next room" and "my baby wakes up when the neighbor three apartments down the hall slams his door". I don't necessarily want noise insulation within a dwelling, but I sure want it insulated from my neighbors.
- protomyth 11y ago
  > I don't necessarily want noise insulation within a dwelling, but I sure want it insulated from my neighbors. For me, this would be the goal. Being able to hear the next room over for loud noises could be a safety issue, but hearing my neighbor has never been a positive. I can see zones of sounds inside a dwelling (e.g. kitchen - dining room - living room sound separated from bedrooms or office).

richardkmichael 11y ago

In my 20 years of experience with apartments and noise, "most" people do not care about disturbing others. This is at best "some" people, but likely "a few".

egypturnash 11y ago
I live on the ground floor of a six-unit building in a university area. Not too long after the new semester starts, I find myself having to politely get the attention of a new student renter because they are playing music loudly at 3AM. Every single time I've done it, they've apologized, turned it down, and usually thanked me for doing it myself instead of calling the cops. I've lived here for about three years now. It's a smaller pile of anecdata than yours but I don't feel like I'm likely to see a different trend any time soon.
gburt 11y ago
I don't buy it. I think being a disturbance is just much easier than one realizes.