If that doesn't work, try this one:
My neighbor behind me plays their music very loud and very often. The bass alone shakes the pictures in my house. Speaking with him and his wife proved fruitless. Calling the cops was even more of a waste of time.
So, I bought a CD player and a CD of HORRIBLE bagpipe music. When they had their next party, I brought my speakers to my backyard and pointed them directly at their party. Then, I played the bagpipe music at full blast and kept repeating the same song, over and over and over...
He came over to complain and I simply said, “You turn off your music, I turn off mine; I hear your music, you hear mine. ANY QUESTIONS?”
When half his company went home in disgust, he complied.
Next, I work on quieting his barking dog.
My neighborhood is about 2/3 owners and 1/3 renters. It’s always the renters that pull that crap. The loud ones have all moved away at the moment, so the neighborhood is finally quiet. The neighbors on either side of me are terrific, though. I lucked out there.
It’s always the shaven-headed twenty somethings with their blaring stereos who’ll give you the finger if you express the slightest dislike of having their thumping bass reverberating through your house.
If that doesn't work, try this one:
So, I bought a CD player and a CD of HORRIBLE bagpipe music.
I had a similar experience over 20 years ago.
The apartment complex went Section 8, the working neighbors moved out (except me – I’m stubborn) and welfare mothers moved in with their boyfriends. It didn’t take long for me to tire of the boom boxes in the parking lot, all playing something different and going full blast.
I had a really good stereo system. I didn’t move the huge speakers outside but opened my windows and cranked up a really Beautiful bagpipe LP. When the album ended there was silence in the parking lot. Nothing was said, but I never heard the raucous noise again.