Noise complaint: How loud is too loud in your neighborhood?

A noise complaint is dividing a Chevy Chase neighborhood after a Memorial Day weekend party. A woman who lives in Barnaby Woods off 31st Street Northwest says she was detained and wasn't given enough time to turn down her music. She also says her neighbor

[bropoke]

I feel like no one really takes into account the effect that loud neighbors can have on someones mental health. My neighbors play loud music constantly, they're actually doing it right now and its midnight, and its caused a migraine and it makes me very anxious and upset. If u play ur music loud enough for ur neighbors to hear from their own home, I dont really think ur the victim when u get arrested

[JewishKeto]

If I can hear the music you are playing in your home from inside my home… it’s too loud! Turn it down!

[doglover-xgkh]

if my house is vibrating then is too loud

[JYelton]

You missed important point: distance. Sound pressure measured in decibels will decrease with distance. The law should include distance as well a decibel value in order to make sense.

[ericcire]

keep your sound to your ear. you can go deaf alone.

[doglover-xgkh]

just play your music but don't turn it on too loud that I can feel the vibration over a block away and don't invite so many people that I have to go out of my way to take a different rote cuz your party guess park in the middle of the road or I can't find a part spot in my own neighborhood cuz your guess took it. also don't let your guess park in other people drive way like they own it.

[Stablemable]

Thats a nice looking neighborhood. She should talk to her neighbors before hand to be sure or test the sound range before the party.
Music (no matter what it is ) played too loud, makes people in the party, talk loud too.
Its really annoying.

[somexp]

1:21 "came close"

Learn about decibels before you say that. Like the guy said earlier, decibels are *logarithmic.* Rainfall is supposedly 50 dB. 55 dB has about 3 or 4 times as much power behind it.

Also, there's a world of difference between the more or less white noise of rain and the structured and ever changing noise of music. Rain sounds are often used to drown out others and aid in sleeping, while the latter is intentionally structured to force attention to itself. Loud rain sounds can have a calming effect, whilst equally loud music would be stimulating and distracting. It's designed to be that way.

[samhrdlicka]

When in the morning or whatever u can get someone’s music and them raving there engine ya

[blackhoundrise]

1:57 waiting for IT to reach out and take decibel reader

[thanossfinger]

too soft his world wars were fought and won magna cartas were signed for our rights any authoritarion who comes outside of the uk and is themselves a man or woman of coulour then thats hypocricy and contradicting is it not think very hard about that

[sezjames]

Just don't live next to people with kids and your mostly sorted. Lol the Spanish girl, ... Great... thanks for you input. But that aside, , these pricks in this neighbourhood need to get a life. Sad acts.

[alabprez]

Shut up fireworks are extremely louder