Neighbor has music on every day outside- can hear this anywhere

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:check your local noise ordinance. here is MoCos: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DEP/contact/noise.html

you can get an app that will measure the DB level. if it is above the allowable amount, talk to them nicely first, and if that doesnt work, show them the code (and if that doesnt work, call the police).

Wonder who will enforce this after the police are defunded...

🤔🤔🤔

[Anonymous]

Disco? Sheesh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How annoying! Unfortunately I see little you can do during those hours...just part of having neighbors.

People seem to have different noise tolerances and preferences.

My own DH is super loud and loves playing music etc by our pool and even I do not like it!

Fortunately for the neighbors it is usually only in the evening hours- I make him turn it off at 9 on weeknights, 10 on weekends because I don’t want everyone to hate us.

That said, it is always something- music, barking dog, kids, annoying lawn mowing noise or landscaping etc

Just part of living in a fairy populated area.

I prefer quiet and hate all of the above but can’t control my neighbors and don’t expect to...

Not OK!

X1000 pp - your neighbors already hate you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:check your local noise ordinance. here is MoCos: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DEP/contact/noise.html

you can get an app that will measure the DB level. if it is above the allowable amount, talk to them nicely first, and if that doesnt work, show them the code (and if that doesnt work, call the police).

Wonder who will enforce this after the police are defunded...

🤔🤔🤔

I live in Ontario where we have bylaw officers. They fine people for violating ordinances. They don't carry guns so no black people get shot for playing their music too loudly.

[Anonymous]

Turn your music on.

[Anonymous]

If it is being broadcast over bluetooth--jam the signal.

[Anonymous]

Turning your own music on just starts a noise war, as OP noted the neighbors then turn theirs up. I have read that dB measurements are not all that helpful, for one thing the frequency matters. A subwoofer a half a block away can throb inside your own skull with a low dB because the waves travel further. A bat's vocalizations dB are u to 140 dB but we don't hear anything. And how persistent an unwanted sound is matters.

I have a very hard time with the kind of issue you describe, and especially when I was younger (late middle age now) social anxiety made it super hard for me to address it with other people.

But you know, defunding police starts with people trying to solve community problems themselves in a healthy manner. Ideally a pleasant conversation with the neighbor is where to start.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So ask them to turn it down? They likely don’t know it’s so loud

I think they do know since the OP stated that when she plays music - they turn theirs up.

I think the best advice here would be to talk to them tactfully.

Do you have an HOA that might help?

Not necessarily, they might just want to hear their own more. They may be oblivious to the idea that someone else doesn't like it.

[Anonymous]

Someone in my neighborhood does this. He has a backyard and a pool and is out there daily. He’s either gardening or lounging and the music is blasting. Like it’s his own little tiki bar. I’ve always wondered why his neighbors don’t shut it down. I’d move if he were my neighbor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it is being broadcast over bluetooth--jam the signal.

Please, please do NOT do this.

The FCC is getting serious about fining people who use illegal jammers and for good reason--you risk jaming a 911 call signal.

Is OP really okay with risking another person's life over music? I doubt it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it is being broadcast over bluetooth--jam the signal.

Please, please do NOT do this.

The FCC is getting serious about fining people who use illegal jammers and for good reason--you risk jaming a 911 call signal.

Is OP really okay with risking another person's life over music? I doubt it.

Alternatively, have it and in the middle of every song, turn it on for about 10-30 seconds, then off. Strobe his music off and on. Put the bluetooth jammer in the kitchen in a heavy traffic area and tell everyone that if they happen to walk by to play around with the switch, just make sure to turn it off before they leave. Should frustrate him to no end. It would serve him right.

[Anonymous]

You can't complain if you have not addressed directly yet. Just ask politely and see if they modify their behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it is being broadcast over bluetooth--jam the signal.

Please, please do NOT do this.

The FCC is getting serious about fining people who use illegal jammers and for good reason--you risk jaming a 911 call signal.

Is OP really okay with risking another person's life over music? I doubt it.

Alternatively, have it and in the middle of every song, turn it on for about 10-30 seconds, then off. Strobe his music off and on. Put the bluetooth jammer in the kitchen in a heavy traffic area and tell everyone that if they happen to walk by to play around with the switch, just make sure to turn it off before they leave. Should frustrate him to no end. It would serve him right.

Still a violation in the eyes of the FCC and so not worth it over music. Take a look at the fines.

[Anonymous]

Talk to em

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it is being broadcast over bluetooth--jam the signal.

Please, please do NOT do this.

The FCC is getting serious about fining people who use illegal jammers and for good reason--you risk jaming a 911 call signal.

Is OP really okay with risking another person's life over music? I doubt it.

Alternatively, have it and in the middle of every song, turn it on for about 10-30 seconds, then off. Strobe his music off and on. Put the bluetooth jammer in the kitchen in a heavy traffic area and tell everyone that if they happen to walk by to play around with the switch, just make sure to turn it off before they leave. Should frustrate him to no end. It would serve him right.

Not sure where this person lives, but if they are in DC, jamming anything especially now is a quick way to a felony charge.

DC has VERY controlled spectrum and it is monitored constantly. Have you ever wondered why cell phone coverage is so terrible in the city. It is because of all of the electromagnetic interference that is happening legally. Because of that, there is zero tolerance for illegal electromagnetic interference.

On top of all of that, there is LOTS of DIRTBOX use over the city during the protests. You would only need to jam a signal for seconds and authorities would know about it. Would they do anything, probably not. But why put yourself in that position.