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Everyone in this city either has a story about the noisy neighbor, or is the noisy neighbor, whether you know it or not. Ironic Sans tells the story of living above a complain-happy neighbor in Astoria, fond of leaving notes.
"One night, I came home to find the first in a series of notes slipped under my door. Small writing filled both sides of a sheet of loose leaf paper. I didn’t know what to make of it. The note began, Dear Neighbor. When you arrive late every night..."
The series of notes, greeting cards and personal encounters goes on and on and on, making for a fascinating read. In fact, an English teacher at Santa Fe High School used the "Astoria Notes" as a reading assignment in his class.
The image at right is an actual card the neighbor (who seems sort of...crazy) left. What a well thought out and executed vehicle for complaint! Hallmark should really start cornering this market.
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this has already been posted on gothamist!
i remember reading this awhile back. on this site? i don't remember. in any event, i live below an elephant right now in inwood that likes to now only stomp around, but drag furniture every single night until 3 in the morning. but what can i do (other than not sleep)?
we just posted it in extra, extra - saying only: "Insane neighbor in Astoria: a life in letters."
Go to the passive-aggressive neighbor's door, and give him a box of 30 dB ear plugs from Duane Reade, with a receipt that shows it costs about $4.
Secondly, obtain a written estimate of how much it would cost to rip out the floor to install sound insulation, and give that to him, showing that it would cost many thousands of dollars.
Then, finally, give him a brochure on Fort Collins, Colorado, which was named by Money Magazine as "2006's Best Place to Live."
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#4 - great idea. now can anyone help me with the smoker who lives downstairs from me? there's a no-smoking policy in the building and yet they persist - and the landlord knows about it!
This is stupid. If your downstairs neighbor can hear you, YOU'RE TOO LOUD. There is no reasonable excuse for stomping around your apartment every night, dragging the furniture around. Parties are different, of course, I'm talking every night here.
Often it's as simple as taking your shoes off. If you find this complicated, you should move to a basement apartment.
Wasnt this on Gothamist already? Must be a really really slow day.