Noisy neighbors!

I've already mentioned in other posts that I recently moved to the city center where I live. The population here is quite large, around 500,000, and with that comes pollution from all directions, including noise. But I was lucky to find a good place to live, a contrast to the real urban reality in which I find myself.

The first thing that gives me peace of mind and, to a certain extent, noise peace of mind is that the street I live on has no exit. This greatly reduces the noise of cars and the movement of people. It's a very quiet street and even very safe because of this.

Another important aspect is that most of the neighborhood is made up of older people and certainly, when people reach that age, they like silence and are also more sensible about making any kind of noise. However, amidst all these positives, there is one negative that has been making me angry over the last few weeks.

As far as I can tell, a family has moved into an apartment that faces the back of my house. In the first few weeks since they moved in, I've noticed that they talk very loudly, which bothers me a lot because my bedroom is basically opposite the apartment where they live. They have two children who shout practically all day long, and look, I'm someone who takes this kind of attitude in stride, since I know what children's behavior is like, but there are days when it crosses the line. But that's not all.

My girlfriend and I can no longer sleep well on Saturdays. Since they moved in, there hasn't been a weekend when there hasn't been a party there. "I'm glad you're happy and celebrating every weekend, my dear neighbors, but have some sense! Other people live here too!". These parties last until the wee hours of the morning, with loud laughter, loud music (gee, and it's only bad music) and endless chatter!

There were times when this made me extremely angry, but how could I solve it? They live in a building that is entered from another end of the block, and it would be difficult to get through to them. So my girlfriend went to this building to look for the landlord and try to sort it out. It didn't work out.

Then, one day, I looked out of the window and there was a woman; she was probably one of the people who live there. I shouted and asked her if they could keep it down, because they'd been bothering us for a while. And her attitude surprised me; I thought she would somehow be annoyed by this request, but she was very polite, apologized and said she would try to keep it down, as we had asked. At first, I thought she was being ironic, but she wasn't.

We noticed a significant improvement in the unpleasant noises, and our problem was solved. Of course, we still hear them sometimes, but nothing that bothers us as much as it used to, and it even taught me an interesting lesson. For a while, I hated these neighbors, but maybe they didn't realize they were bothering us and stopped making so much noise. Sometimes communication alone can solve a lot of problems; I've heard of many neighbors fighting or attacking each other over superfluous things and even tragedies happening. But when people can listen to each other and understand each other's pain, many undesirable situations can be resolved.

So when we have a problem, we need to think about how best to resolve it without it turning into something even worse. In my case, everything ended well because we managed to talk things through and resolve the problem, albeit in a slightly unusual way. There's nothing better than peace and understanding neighbors; it's awful to be surrounded by people who are rude or have no sense of neighborliness.


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Translated: Deepl
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Eu já mencionei em outras postagens que me mudei recentemente para o centro da cidade onde moro. A população aqui é bem grande, em torno de 500 mil habitantes, e com isso vem uma poluição de todas as direções, inclusive a sonora. Mas tive sorte em encontrar um bom local para morar, um contraste com a verdadeira realidade urbana da qual estou situado.

O primeiro ponto que me traz tranquilidade e, até certo ponto, uma tranquilidade sonora é que a rua onde moro não tem saída. Isso diminui muito os ruídos de carros e o movimento de pessoas. É uma rua bem tranquila e até mesmo muito segura por conta disso.

Outro aspecto importante é que a maior parte da vizinhança é composta por pessoas mais idosas e certamente, quando as pessoas chegam a essa idade, gostam de silêncio e também são mais sensatas ao fazer algum tipo de barulho. Porém, no meio de todos esses pontos positivos, existe um negativo que vem me deixando com raiva nessas últimas semanas.

Pelo que observei, mudou-se uma família para um apartamento que fica de frente para os fundos da minha casa. Nas primeiras semanas que mudaram, eu notei que eles falam muito alto, o que me incomoda bastante, pois o meu quarto é basicamente em frente a esse apartamento onde eles vivem. Eles têm dois filhos que gritam praticamente o dia todo, e olha, eu sou uma pessoa que releva bastante esse tipo de atitude, já que sei como são os comportamentos das crianças, mas tem dias que passa dos limites. Mas isso não é tudo.

Eu e minha namorada não conseguimos mais dormir bem aos sábados. Desde que se mudaram, não teve um fim de semana que não teve alguma festa por lá. "Fico feliz que vocês estão felizes e comemorando a cada fim de semana, meus queridos vizinhos, mas tenham um pouco de senso! Outras pessoas também moram por aqui!". Essas festas duram até tarde da madrugada, risos altos, música alta (nossa, e ainda são só músicas ruins) e uma falação interminável!

Teve vezes que isso me deixou extremamente irritado, mas como eu poderia resolver isso? Eles vivem em um prédio cuja entrada é por outra extremidade do quarteirão, e seria difícil conseguir falar com eles. Então, minha namorada foi até esse prédio procurar pelo síndico e tentar resolver isso. Não resolveu.

Então, um belo dia, eu olhei pela janela e lá estava uma mulher; ela provavelmente deveria ser uma das pessoas que moram lá. Eu dei um grito e perguntei a ela se eles poderiam fazer menos barulho, pois estavam nos incomodando por algum tempo. E a atitude dela me surpreendeu; achei que de alguma forma ela iria ficar irritada com esse pedido, mas ela foi bem educada, pediu desculpas e disse que iria tentar fazer menos barulho, conforme pedimos. De início, eu até acreditei que ela estava sendo irônica, mas não estava.

Notamos uma melhora significativa com os barulhos desagradáveis, e nosso problema foi resolvido. Claro que algumas vezes ainda escutamos, mas nada que incomode tanto quanto antes, e isso me deu até uma lição interessante. Por algum tempo, eu odiava esses vizinhos, mas talvez eles não tinham noção de que estavam incomodando e pararam de fazer tanto barulho. Às vezes, apenas a comunicação é capaz de resolver muitos problemas; já ouvi dizer sobre muitos vizinhos que brigaram ou se agrediram por coisas supérfluas e até mesmo tragédias acontecendo. Mas quando as pessoas podem se ouvir e entender a dor do outro, muitas situações indesejáveis podem ser solucionadas.

Portanto, quando temos um problema, precisamos meditar sobre qual é a melhor forma de resolver aquilo sem que isso se transforme em algo ainda pior. No meu episódio, tudo terminou bem, pois conseguimos conversar e resolver esse problema, mesmo que de uma forma um pouco inusitada. Nada melhor do que ter paz e vizinhos que possam ser compreensivos; é horrível estar rodeado por pessoas mal educadas ou sem senso de boa vizinhança.


Credits:

Translated: Deepl
Cover: created by Canva.
Image Thumbnail: Freepick




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C'mon...that's a lot of people there
Well, I so much dislike noise
It isn't good for me

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Ouch! That must be really annoying! I can imagine really, noise from kids are a different kind of noise 🥲

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Yes, it's too annoying, but now everything is fine, the problem has been resolved!

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Sua atitude foi muito assertiva! As vezes precisamos nos esforçar um pouco para vencer a inercia e resolver nossos problemas cuja solução pode ser mais simples do que esperávamos.
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Exatamente meu amigo, alguns detalhes podem ser imortantes na resolução de problemas!

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loud music (gee, and it's only bad music) and endless chatter!

This got me laughing. I know this type of feeling and it sucks.
I'm a quite guy that hardly talk out loud...why should I shout when I'm living alone? But anytime I see people, especially neighbors talking at the top of their voice, it surprises me a lot

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It's tough, man. Some people are so rude. Honestly, I hate people who talk loudly; it really bothers me and takes away my concentration from whatever I'm doing.

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Communication is important always.. But I don't understand why some people need to be told the common sense education and respectful norms of the every day to day.

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I don't understand either; this should be something natural!

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Cara que bom que você conseguiu resolver seu problema apenas conversando. Porque tem vizinhos que paracem ser o diabo, depois que conversa parece que piora. Eu tenho um viznho que quase todos os fins de semana reunem os amigos e faz um festinha, mas com musica baixa que não incomoda ninguém e não ficam até tarde da noite.

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Isso é mais comum do que imaginamos. Aqui foi resolvido, mas antes era um inferno também!

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I have some savage upstairs neighbors. It's not music or even talking loud. They have kids who run, jump and play football inside almost every day and the noise is very annoying and tiring. Sadly these people don't care and haven't stopped after I talked with them. They make up excuses and lies. I hope one day my financial situation allows me to get a house without any neighbors as that's the only way to make sure there's no problems with neighbors.

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And sometimes we are left helpless, with nothing to do. That's horrible, but I hope things improve, and you can get out of there running!

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I hate noise too, it is why I would love to find an apartment void of noise but silent area that will give me peace of mind. Yes, you are also right that communication solves a lot of things instead of the other way round. I love how you were able to resolve the issue, and the woman, being considerate made it easier than fighting on it.

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Yes! I had to shout; maybe that was the detail that helped to solve things, haha. But it was good that everything worked out, and I was really surprised by her reaction.

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This is the biggest problem here in our country, because here we have to live with each other, so this problem is very high for a person in a house of seven, whenever there is a fight, a person makes a lot of noise, which is the reason. The peace of man is greatly disturbed and the houses here are close to each other in the poor countries.

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Here in Brazil too, houses are so close together except in rural areas or among wealthy people. Unfortunately, we have to live with this; it's bad, but it's true.

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