Disrespectful Neighbors

Do you live near the Covenant church, by any chance?

Well good then, I'll play nice.

We had a small party one night that may have been a tad bit noisy, but of course that was probably my fault for not regulating the idiot who thought it was a good idea to play DJ and keep turning up the dumb stereo. But it might also be pointed at the blame of a crowd of pre-teens who were out WAY passed curfew, even midnight, standing on the opposite street corner observing the party. They were making a lot of noise and being disruptive, even after I had requested they go somewhere else to loiter, which I'm sure didn't help the sleeping neighbors who were upset at the situation.

Naturally the law enforcement was called that night and they asked us to shut the soire down. But since that evening, the police have been sent to our door multiple times, for lack of reason.

We have a fire pit, so we like to sit out at it at night, throw around a story or two, have a hotdog, the usual. A couple of officers show up one night to tell us that someone was calling in noise complaints. But as he said, "I've driven by a few times already tonight and I haven't heard a peep or seen anything wrong here, so I have no reason to believe that you are actually disturbing anyone."

Which is true. And we live on a corner, with an empty house on either side of us and a church across the street. Literally nobody within the immediate noise vicinity can hear us. I know this because I've done walks during get-togethers to check how far the noise carries.

This leads me to believe that one of our neighbors may just be jealous or spiteful that a group of friends/roommates/peers are enjoying themselves while said person is sitting inside, alone, sheltered and miserable because they haven't the same experience. I'm not saying that's the case, but it seems like a strong possibility.

Sure we're youthful, but we're not totally irresponsible. Some of us were raised better than that.

I'm pretty sure that concludes my pointless rant, but I understand your side of things too. If you physically asked your neighbor to keep it down, and they negated your wish, well then that's disrespect to you and you should take action. But at the same time, look at it from their angle too, they are just living life. Maybe a noise fence is needed or something to keep the disturbances to a minimum?