Have you ever lived in an apartment that doesn't have quiet hours?

Yup, and I ended up moving out within a couple of weeks.

About 20 years ago I lived in a large (three building, 12 story) apartment just outside of Boston, Mass. As it happened, my place was way at the end of the hall, so I had only one neighbor adjoining (to my left) but the outside view of the parking lot on the left.

I never had a problem with noise. Occasionally I would hear heavy footsteps from the apartment above me, but not often enough to worry about.

My main complaint was the smell. The people across from me were south Asian – maybe Filipino – and the cooked a lot of (my opinion) foul smelling dishes. And they did it with their apartment door open so the smell permeated the hall.

My lease was for one year – I moved out at the first chance I could.

@elbanditoroso Funny thing, if you had befriended them and tasted those dishes I’d wager you would have stuck around.

The two apartments I had didn’t have any official quiet hours but they were quiet places where everyone respected each other and nobody did anything loud.

The county I live in has quiet hours, so technically I could call the police if somebody was being really noisy in the middle of the night. However, I prefer not to go down that road unless it’s something really extreme. Not to mention that nowadays the police are really reluctant to come out in general. So I usually just try and deal with it. But if I’m getting ready to sleep, I have my fan going in my room. I also listen to a YouTube video that has the sound of sleet hitting the window and winds. Between those two things, it usually blocks out a lot of noise coming from other apartments.