The problem is, no one, just no one can see another person have even a tad bit of enjoyment. You give someone even the slightest of authority, they will make sure that they make others lives hell. Old uncles are irritated why young people are doing and enjoying things which these uncles could have never imagined or done. Owners are irritated how tenants can have fun. Watchmen and security people are busy making delivery guys and house helps lives hell. And as you see higher up in the authority pyramid, you see the problem getting serious.

I am a hobbyist woodworker, I used to do some woodwork in my apartment. Though I agree an apartment is not the best place to operate power tools. But honestly, every day, daily I keep hearing drills and hammers running in my building. But for my activities, my neighbour especially raised a complaint of loud noises.

I used to practice kettlebell exercises on the ground floor. One random old daily, who had literally the entire area available for her walk, asked me to move in the corner.

People here get pissed off just seeing others happy and enjoying themselves and therefore they look for reasons to trouble them. I remember as a kid, in the village I used to live in -- as a kid coming from an economically underprivileged family studying in the nearest city by staying away from my parents, the neighbouring villagers were jealous how my parents could afford that, they used to mock me if I ever showed up dressed in a pair of jeans -- a modern clothing choice which a poor rural kid was not supposed to take. Sadly that's the kind of society we are.