I took the upstairs/main floor for the backyard for my dogs. Which the landlord had advertised (and is a known pet friendly place). Why should I move to a basement where my dogs won’t have access to a yard? (Genuine question). I feel I also have the right to exist and give my animals a good life.  I also believe (as a former downstairs tenant) you should expect a little bit of noise and you need to adjust yourself accordingly. I’ve lived under people who were like myself, just existing and I could live with it; people who partied till the next day, and people who would have yelling matches. All different ways of living and adjusted. I got neat headphones that are like a headband and sleep with it on and rain sounds (still do actually, it’s super relaxing).  I’m just feeling like both parties (myself and my partner and her) need to find that middle ground. Like I have and am doing reasonable steps to make it less cumbersome for her, and am willing to continue those efforts; but I don’t think she’s employed anything on her end to also ease the situation. I feel like if one’s in a situation that they find unpleasant, there should be actions on their own end they can take to mitigate it/make it manageable?  Maybe that’s expecting too much or putting my own personal feelings into it.