FWIW, I live in a brick and concrete building and hear all the things you mentioned, sometimes not just from immediately adjacent units, but also often units tw

FWIW, I live in a brick and concrete building and hear all the things you mentioned, sometimes not just from immediately adjacent units, but also often units two or three floors away in some cases, e.g. loud parties or drilling/hammering (the rigid structure conducts the sound around the building I think - kinda like tapping on a metal pole or rail: doesn't matter where you put your ear on the pole you still hear the noise from the tapping)