I know what you're thinking.  "How can anyone ever sleep through all that noise!"  I would have said the same thing back in the beginning.  But after living for 27 years in a country where noise pollution laws actually exist, but are never enforced, you get to where it's not so bad.

Last night one of our neighbors hosted an event.  We couldn't really tell what it was all about.  Maybe a birthday party?  Maybe celebrating a promotion at work? Maybe a wedding?  It certainly was not a funeral.  The music was not somber and there was no wailing.  Whatever it was, it began around six in the evening and went right through until six in the morning.  Full volume.  Full tilt.  Drums vibrating. Music at near distortion levels.  Outbursts of noise from happy  people.  It sounded like they were in the bedroom with us.  But you just roll over and go to sleep.  There is nothing else to do about it.  Thankfully it is not an every day event.