The apt bldg I live in is located in the city in a historic neighborhood that is walkable with several urban parks. I've lived there for a few years now, despite past financial difficulties that I posted about here. I even posted about a neighbor from hell (who finally has employment so her sobriety has become her priority and she's not putting the bldg at risk anymore with her gas stove issues).

Well, there's a new neighbor from hell. This one is a 20-something guy. Believe me, I'd sooner move into a 55+ bldg if I could but I'm still a few years younger (although I know the property mgr at my mom's former 55+ bldg so I think I'll call her this week).

And yes, I remember what being in the 20s was like; you're brain's not fully developed so you don't think the "rules" of society really apply to you, and don't think about how your behavior impacts other people. At least that's how this 20-something guy acts.

For the past three weeks, he invites 3 guy friends over to sit in his car with him, which is parked directly in front of the apt bldg. They will sit in his car all day, sometimes at night until 3 or 4 a.m., blaring loud music, whooping and hollering, littering food throwing take out trash outside the car windows and generally being a nuisance noise-wise. There are 11 units in my bldg and two floors. His studio is on. the second floor and my apt is in the front of the bldg. So I can see and hear everything that goes on esp. when there's noise on the street.

Getting to the incident. On Friday, he and his friends came into the apt bldg around 3 a.m. whooping and hollering. The caretaker who lives on the first floor opened his door and told them to be quiet. They just laughed and ignored the caretaker. I was woken up. So, I walked down the hall and knocked on the guy's door. He answered, and I asked him and his friends to please be quiet. He said, "That's your opinion ma'am."

Then they went outside and were running around the street, banging on people's cars and stood on the corner yelling and screaming and laughing. They also went to the tenant's car, opened beers or some kind of drinks and blared the tenant's car stereo. I called the police non-emergency number and reported the tenant. The dispatch operator said they'd send a unit by. I tried to get back to sleep but the noise continued until 4 a.m. when the tenant and his friend decided to have a drag race up and down our street. Then after that, the friend drove home and the tenant came back inside the apt bldg.

This morning, the 4 guys were sitting in the tenant's car again, rinse repeat; blaring music, eating take out food and littering onto the front yard of the apt bldg and the street. They sat in the tenant's car for two hours doing this.

I emailed the tenant coordinator over the weekend and her one email response was to dismiss my concern as ageist, "he's young and you're middle age. Maybe you should give him a break." Um, no thank you. The lease clearly states that each tenant has to create a safe environment for each other by their behavior which includes respecting property and following the city ordinance for noise, which is, no noise between 10 pm and 6 a.m.

I took a photo of the tenant and his friends trashing the front yard of the apt bldg while sitting in his car and emailed it to the property manager. I could move, but I don't want to. Why should I let some 20-something punk's terrible behavior force me to leave a neighborhood I love and a bldg where I've lived for a few years now.

Do I need to worry that this is going to reflect bad on me with the property manager? What else can I do other than file a police report (the mailbox for the new tenant has not been updated so I don't know his name and the tenant coordinator won't give me that information for privacy reasons).

I'm so frustrated. I spoke to a few other tenants about this guy and they just want to stay out of it. But where do you draw the line on terrible neighbor-from-hell behavior? Letting this 20-something guy continue intimidating the neighborhood with his antics (sitting in his car for hours outside the bldg, blaring music, drinking alcohol and trashing the street with garbage), shows him there's no consequences for his terrible behavior. I'm not the property manager, just a tenant. But tenants have rights, esp. when it comes to neighbors from hell.

Anyone go through something similar with a terrible neighbor? What did you do to resolve your situation?