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sophhabobopha
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MEGA APARTMENT RANT
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So Fi and I live on the second floor of a three floor apartment. Above us is a family with two kids. They run and jump ALL GOD DAMN DAY EVERY DAY UNTIL FUCKING TWO IN THE MORNING SOMETHINGS. 
First off, WHO LET'S A FOUR AND THREE YEAR OLD STAY UP THAT LATE.
And I know "it's the price you pay for apartment living blahblah" and that kids are hyper and active.
BUT SHIT. Do they have to be JUMPING UP AND DOWN for hours at a time? Do you give your kids crack?
If your kids are wanting to be running back and forth for 12 hours straight, maybe, oh, I don't know, TAKE THEM OUTSIDE.
But they're really nice becides this.
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Re: MEGA APARTMENT RANT
Oh I am so sorry. I can commiserate - not with the small children part but I lived on the basement level of a three floor building in college that housed mostly girls that were part of the sorority across the street. I called the cops I don't even know how many times due to music being so loud it shook the walls, bottles being thrown off of balconies, and there was constant stomping around at all hours of the night. Awful. Years later when I started dating FI, I was SO happy that he had an apt on the back of a B&B - no neighbors, no stomping, no loud noises - all the convenience of renting an apt without having to deal with the people.
I lived on the 2nd floor of a 3-story apartment building a few years ago. It must have been poorly constructed or something. I had new upstairs neighbors and I swear it sounded like there were elephants upstairs. I could hear every footstep, every flush, and sometimes could even tell what movie they were watching. I don't think that kind of sound transfer is normal. I felt sorry for my downstairs neighbors who had to deal with my rough-housing dogs.
Now, we live in a two-story townhome apartment. The dogs can run upstairs and down all they want... until we move into our house in August.
I'm sorry that you're having so much trouble. Maybe it is just poor construction causing it to sound so loud? Otherwise, I'd definitely bring it up with those who can do something about it.
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I also once lived below a family with the loudest kids. I swear to god, it sounded like they were dropping bowling balls on the floor every night.
The people across the street would also throw parties all the time and people parked in our driveway. We called the cops so many times they recognized our number. Finally we just called a tow truck and claimed the vehicle was abandoned on our property. They stopped using our driveway after that.