Of course, that can be a problem in suburban life too, I remember complaints from our neighbors (well, one particular neighbor) about my brother's drum playing

Of course, that can be a problem in suburban life too, I remember complaints from our neighbors (well, one particular neighbor) about my brother's drum playing in our house. I have a friend in SF that just pitched in with his buddies to rent a jam space where they can play as loud as they want without neighbors complaining. Though you might be surprised at how little sound will travel through a well constructed building (i.e. not wood framed) if you take a little care. I lived in a concrete & steel apartment building for a while, and the upstairs neighbors came down to ask if I could hear them running on their new treadmill, I could not. They had it perched on some thick 6" foam isolating pads and I literally could not hear them running on it at all.