My neighbors suck. What should I do?

I live in an apartment complex and I feel like I have the rudest neighbors on the face of this earth. These ignorant people feel the need to blast the music in their cars at all times of the night. I don't mean, I can hear it blasting as they're driving by. They sit in the car listening to that garbage like they're at a picnic. Then there's the children. Well, they can play wherever they please. There's a children's area specifically for them but the leasing office doesn't enforce that rule. These kids throw footballs in the parking lot and are screaming super loud right in front of my window while playing. I recently got a neighbor who lives a door down from me. We both have a mutual back area that we share and their ghetto butts threw a whole pot of white rice out there a few days after they moved in. I plan on moving within the year but, is there anything I can do now to pacify me until I'm gone?

Thanks for all of the feedback. I just called my landlord before reading the answers and she's such a snot. She swore up and down that the loud music couldn't be coming from the apartment in question. We actually went back and forth about this for five minutes until I finally told her that I was looking directly at the perps. And, as far as the kids playing every where it's a very big problem because they're loud. I don't have children nor do I want to hear thier loud butts out side of my window cursing and fighting in the middle of thier football game. But, calling the police sounds about right. Will they tell my neighbor who the call came from?

I had some neighbors like that too. What you can do is call the cops on them. Then after a few times, goto the police station and get copies of the police reports, then take the reports to your manager/landlord. If they dont seem to care take them to the owner of the building. Most likely the neighbors are breaking there lease by doing that crap. So you just need to show proof to get them kicked out! :)

move.

drink, pull pranks, ask them to stop, drink, pull more pranks, be loud during the day while they are sleeping, drink, complain to the super, drink, work longer hours, drink, and then move.

Turn a blind eye and a deaf ear while you still live there and when you do move throw a big party to celebrate it and make sure they know why you are celebrating. This way there is a chance they may understand that they are not very nice neighbours.

They suck?
Isnt that a good quality?

hey, at least they don't poke their heads out their door whenever you have a guest & ask them for drugs.
and at least they don't wake you up by throwing each other down stairs & trying to kill each other at random times in the middle of the night, but then act like everything's hunky dory when the cops you called show up.
and at least they're not heroin addicts.
[yes, these are examples of actual neighbors i had once]

just keep telling yourself "it could be worse"!!

Hmm.. I half expected for this to be another situation in which a person is complaining because their neighbors are "too loud", when the problem really is just the person complaining is too easily annoyed, and the neighbors are just trying to live...

But this sounds like a real issue to me. These don't strike me as the type of people who will consider your feelings about the situation, and would probably just turn their music up to show who's boss if you asked them to turn it down. Either that, or they would turn it down that night, and turn it right back up the next night/day...

For their music, as much as I am against this for parties, I think you should call the cops to get them to turn the music down. If it's for a party, that's understandable (for me), it's a one night thing, people want to party, that's fine with me... But this is a daily problem for you, you should call the cops and complain about your neighbors. I think it's the safest thing you can do that will produce results. I'm sure after a few complaints, they'll get the message and turn their music down, or take their music some place else. (it's in their car after all! they can take it some place else!)

As for their children playing anywhere they like, I personally don't see that as a problem, they are kids, let them play!!

I would try talking to them, if that doesn't work, talk with your landlord, they may be able to help. If all else fails, make their life miserable in return, they may move before you do.

Spend less time at home and count down the days until you move into a house/better apt complex

well there is only 2 months left of the year you have lived with this long so just ignore them

How about complaining to the landlord?

Complain to management in writing, tell them if something isn't done immediately that you will go to HUD and to fair housing and that you will file a law suit. Continue making complaints in writing, keep a copy of each complaint.

If nothing is done make a complaint with Housing and Urban Development and with Fair Housing, contact a attorney if you can't afford one call Legal Aid.

You know, I was really taken back by what you wrote. I trust, in the white silences between the lines, that there is more to the story (on both sides). But you ask, 'is there anything I can do now to pacify myself until you move.' I guess the answer to that question depends on how much water has already gone over the dam. I'm sure you are not innocent in this scenero.
Supposedly, you've not contributed to the situation - that is, to make the situation worse.
So, if this is true.... 'What have you done to 'reach out' to these neighbors? What have you done to find some form of 'common ground'? It's hard to believe that these people just decided to make your life as miserable as possible. When the music was too loud, at the wrong time of the night, did that just set you off? At that very moment, is that when you decided how stupid they were? (It's understandable!) They were/are being very insensitive. But what I'm asking is, did you go from that moment, and stay angry, and make sure that's the 'message' they got from you? And then, after that, did you just move on to the kids? I hope you stay with me and listen and hear my counsel. Because, dear one, unless you learn some skills of how to reach out and be a neighbor, you just may be moving a lot! Because, my friend, people respond to love, but not a negative spirit.
So I ask again, 'what have you done to reach out and try to find some kind of common ground with your neighbor. The way I see it, the children are a perfect place to start.
*They're playing football - right!
*Having fun!
Do you know their names? Have you watched them play catch? Who's the best player? Who's the leader of the group? Which one has the 'neatest' personality? Which one is more sensitive to others? Which laugh makes you laugh?

My friend, you sound like you have a 'big ugly' on.... and all you can see is the 'bad' - loud music, children laughing too loud under your window, children playing in the wrong spot, I'm sure the list is long.
But in each one of those kids, is a heart. And I've never met a kid that wasn't receptive to a little bit of love.
How do you pacify yourself until you move on? How about by showing some love to those kids! How about standing out and watching them play, let them know you think they're neat. Then tell them you'll 'treat' them to pizza after their done! Go with them and get to know them. Maybe, dear one, you'll find that calling them 'ghetto butts' was waaaaaaaaaaaaay how of line! They're just a bunch of kids that didn't ask to be born, and didn't ask to be shoved into an apartment complex where nobody wanted them. So what do they do? God bless them, they find a way to make it bearable. They play football and they laugh at each other, and with each other. Hmmm, I wonder what we could learn from this?
...My advice: Give as much love as YOU NEED.

wait until everything settles down for the night then play your stereo on full blast. wear earplugs if you need to.

If you call the police, you can report the incident anonymously, you don't have to give your name or address. Since your landlord is not helpful in this situation, you should call the Corporate Office, ask the receptionist for the phone number & report every thing including your landlord to the Corporate Office.

Move to a white neighborhood and act white. Hello! Michael Vick? But don't act like the KKK whites. Yikes No.
Listen to Howard Stern, especially when King of all Blacks is on and see the humor in cultural clashes until you get out.
And remember when someone complains nicely, adjust and be kind. "Can't we all just get along?"
Respect one another.
Please.