Reply #81: That's what I'm thinking.

[Withywindle]

Most of the "yuppie projects" townhomes built in the 80s, 90s, and 00s are built out of crap.

I used to live in an old house that had one of those complexes built right next door while I was living there. Two years later, I could already see rust, mold, and siding starting to rot off. Can't imagine what it was like with that cheap Chinese-made drywall.

I know for a fact that older buildings around here (Chicago - 1880s to 1930s) have better soundproofing. It's only in the places that have been "gut-rehabbed" and replaced with cheap junk that I've had to wear earplugs to not be kept awake by neighbors snoring and fucking. (And what would I say to them if I was the complaining kind? Don't sleep? Don't have a sex life? I don't think so.)