The No Win Scenario

So, how many times in your life so far have you deliberately put yourself in a position likely to create a fight with a dozen or more people in order to draw attention to something?
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Three is my maxmun so far when helping a friend of mine throwed her son and his friends drugs supply down the toilet in front of them after her son threaten to beat her up if she would dare to interfere with his dealing drugs out of her home.

Seem somehow that those three late teenagers was not as eager to attack a growth man as to threaten a woman who was the mother of one of the hoodlums even after seeing a few thousands dollars of drugs on into the sewer. We also broke their scales.

And no I do not think that your idea/fantasy that a mass of 15 drugs buyers would attack in mass is at all likely either to say the least!

My wife however does have a nice riot shotgun that she used to carry when traveling around the country alone by small plane or RV that would more then even the odds.

Lord there is nothing on earth that is as interesting as the sound of racking a 12 guage shotgun.

You set up the fantany of 15 drugs buyers attacking the poor man if he dare to film and that what it is a fantasy.

mmm...yeah....

I sure wouldn't start filming people.
You're just asking for it then.

oh...I did check the noise ordiances in my city, that's why I mentioned after 10pm
sounds like drums can really be awful when you're trying to sleep.

If this guy is selling drugs, I'd think having the cops show up whenever there's too much noise would persuade him to quiet down.

Having the police show up once or twice at one of his parties wouldn't be too popular either.

Did you ever mention if he rents or owns?

There is a condo board, yes?? And maybe this condo has been sublet yes?? Maybe some rules have been broken and the people can be pushed out???

I would take a property value devaluation angle rather than a drug dealer angle, and I surely would not be stupid enough to start filming people who know who are am and where I live.

The hypothetical downstairs guy has apparently hypothetically talked with the hypothetical upstairs guy several tijmes with no ill effects. Sounds like the relations between them are not poisoned, and the guy has actually made changes, if only short-term ones. Maybe build on the nonconfrontational aspects. Sound actually travels from speakers by transmission thru things they're in physical contact with, like floors or walls./ There are kinds of sound deadeners you can use that will reduce sound transmission, like certain kinds of dense foams, or sound absorbent blocks you can set speakers on. He might ask the upstairs guy how his speakers are set up and suggest those--they won't affect the actual sound in the apt. If they're on the floor, move them off the floor. He might actually buy them for the neighbor. And bass travels much farther than higher notes, because that's where the sound energy is. Ask him to just turn the bass WAY down at night.

My own immediate questions have to do with the Condo Association and its rules.
I'm no good at this, I don't have condo experience, or want it.
Still, speaking as a condo amateur, I'd look at the condo association first.

On the other hand, the police might not mind knowing there is traffic. And whoever commented earlier to call vice - I forget now - I'd listen.

... although we could look at the law in Tampa.

Ticomaya wrote:

Keep calling the police out there. Squeaky wheel, etc. The cops will begin to know you, and your noisy friend will probably not like the attention being drawn to his parties.

It would probably start a war, but is sensible and worth thinking about. Thanks.