I'm a black doctor. My neighbors called the cops on me for listening to Biggie.

[Rorey]

35. Same here

I live in a very quiet area, and I like it that way.

A few years ago, someone in the area started playing loud music in the afternoons. I generally try to wait it out, but on the third afternoon of this crap I got in my car and drove around to see if I could find where it was coming from. Some guy was working on his car and had his car stereo booming. I wasn't about to personally confront him because of the risk of that ending badly. I went home and did a little research and determined that it was probably the adult child of the actual homeowners. I wrote a letter, describing the noise and asked for it to stop, along with a polite warning that if I had to, I'd call the police. I patiently waited, knowing it would take a day or two for the mail to reach them. It stopped. I'm happy.

I truly am not a complainer. People have parties or gatherings on holidays and special occasions, and that's fine. If it becomes a pattern, it's not fine.

Lawn mowers and power tools aren't a problem, but loud bass that shakes my house is just too much.