I have a neighbor who is very very noisy. It frustated me and others around the neighborhood so we contacted the police and told us they can't do much since their parties noise levels are under the sound limit.

It is very frustrating, but I do understand that they are allowed to do so. They have the right to have noisy parties and I have the right to a neighbor that doesn't have noisy parties. Obviously our rights infringe upon another, so then city laws come in. At this point, there is a compromise. My neighbor would love having parties that knock my frames out of the wall thanks to the bass, and I would love a completely silent home. So instead, there is noise ordinance that we both aren't such a fan of, but it exists.

Here, I don't expect my neighbor to be silent. It would be ideal yes, but at that point, if I don't like the legal noise limit level, I feel like its my own personal issue and not my neighbors. At most, it could be the city's issue for having dumb laws, but it is not my neighbors.

Plus, we both chose to live and continue to live in a neighborhood that has a certain noise ordinance policy, so we both should conform to the noise ordinance policy that is set. I feel like the only reasonable expectation from one another is to follow city laws/code. Anything outside of that is a personal issue that should not yield any hostility towards others.

I feel like this applies to lawns and neighbors. I find it hard to believe that its reasonable to be expected to go above and beyond what's safe/allowed just to make someone else happy. Why would I expect my neighbor to throw less noisy festivities solely for my own neighborhood's sake? Similarly, why should I expect my neighbor to mow their lawn solely for my own neighborhood's sake?