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I learned a long time ago that the Universe does not revolve around me. I learned that what is a minor annoyance to me is pleasurable to someone else. Why should my likes and dislikes take priority over someone else’s? I’m just not that selfish – and I learned that anger is a waste of energy.
Things like noisy neighbors are a minor irritant – if I really wanted peace and quiet I would find a place to live out in the country with no nearby neighbors or roads.
My upstairs neighbor has a loud stereo with enhanced bass. It sometimes gets loud enough to move the pictures on my wall. It doesn’t take much energy to straighten the pictures in the morning on my way to the kitchen. I have a few neighbors with loud stereos in their vehicles. When I hear it at night I don’t bitch, moan and groan about it. I know that they are finding some pleasure in life.

"I learned a long time ago that the Universe does not revolve around me. I learned that what is a minor annoyance to me is pleasurable to someone else."

And I learned respect for others a long time ago. I could really care less what someone else does or enjoys as long as I don't have to be annoyed with it. that is my respect on one front. Realizing most people feel the same way, I do not invade their space with my pleasures. It's called living amongst one another with respect. If you want to set at a stop sign and rev the engine on your bike for pleasure, who cares. If doing so wakes up my baby, expect a problem.
If you are the neighbor upstairs and I hear your stereo thump once in a while, who cares. Wake me up at 11:00 at night with it, expect a confrontation. What is so difficult to understand about respect?
It is your right to do pretty much whatever you want, as long as you aren't forcing someone else so suffer through it for the sake of your own enjoyment. I call these people "oblivions". They are conveniently unaware of anyone else but themselves, or oblivious of the fact they are annoying most people and don't even care. Another word for disrespectful.
And I am NOT going to sell my house and uproot my family because you want loud pipes on your bike. Want to rev your bike and burn out? Go to the damn race track, not my neighborhood streets.
People who live in apartments should expect more noise and annoyance because of the concentration of many types of people in a small space. You know that before you move in.I bought a house to get away from that many years ago.