I’m thinking that if you were on the second floor or higher in your apartment that the answer you would literally be shouting is ‘YES!’ (in response to the title). Well, here is my story:

This was three years ago and it was the first time I had ever lived away from home. I was all about getting rowdy and exploring my new, fantastic sense of freedom! Have you heard of DDR? Dance Dance Revolution. It is a video game with floor mats for controllers and you use your feet (by stomping…I mean, dancing…) to control and play the game. This game is wicked fun if you purchase more than one mat, or if you’re trying to get a good workout…or if you’re trying to really tick off your downstairs neighbors.

This sounds like I am leading up to a really bad story, but it actually didn’t end as terribly as it should have. Let me explain. There was a middle-aged couple who lived below me. They were always super quiet and kept to themselves, so I didn’t have much of an opportunity to work my charismatic magic on them. One of my party nights I had a few friends over and we kicked out some hardcore DDR. In the morning, my muscles were sore from a night’s worth of dancing and I found a note on my door. It was a page copied from the apartment complexes handbook on their ‘friendly neighbor’ policy. there were big highlighter circles around the noise control section. I knew which neighbor it was because the spaces on either side of us were empty. I was tempted to apologize next time I saw them, but literally five days after our DDR extravaganza they had moved out!

I realize I got lucky and it could have turned out a lot worse. So, have any of you had any close calls with your neighbors? Found any nasty notes on your door? I’m so curious.

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Tags: annoyance, apartment living, dance, Dance Dance Revolution Series, games, Neighbors, noise, Video game