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I use a pair of ear plugs - works fine and keeps the noise level down to minimum easy.
If the neighbors are being loud, noisy, consider the times, location, and whether it's annoying, or if something else is bothering the situation to be like this.
When I asked myself this question the first time, I got the answer I started with. However, after adding some information to the question, I discovered that hidden in this situation was a prior incident, and was able to resolve the situation to where my view was improved, and since I was ignoring the noise, eventually the neighbor went to a different activity.
Best wishes.
Have you ever heard of Misophonia? People who have misophonia are most commonly annoyed, or even enraged, by such ordinary sounds as other people eating, breathing, sniffing, or coughing; certain consonants; or repetitive sounds.
http://misophonia.info/
I don't know if this is the root cause or more along the lines of what mideyebrow is talking about. If it is misophonia, welcome to the club! We still have to find ways to deal with it- most people don't understand it. They say, "Why can't you just ignore it?" I get SO angry! But I've learned to cope with it over the years.