I lived in an housing association flat from 2003 in a block of 30 bedsit flats, here on the Isle of Wight, UK.

Within days the noise night time, and I mean all night was terrible!

I found out of the 30 flats 3 tenants including me went out to work!
the rest were mostly males in their 20s and 30s who were too pissed and high on drugs to work.
The man to my immediate left with whom I shared a small veranda that could have been a nice spot to sit out on in an evening but for the very loud music coming from his flat, he would go out in the late evenings get back then sit out on it all the night, till 4 or 5am.

The housing officers knew what was happening, and the council noise teams, I put official complaints in all the time, but apart from having a word with them nothing was done, I was going to work shattered from lack of sleep!

After filling in their report sheets daily whenever they spoke to a tenant, I then had to start a new log of events because they considered the matter dealt with.

One morning around 03.30 I was woken with a start, It seemed like there was a rock group in my flat, I went to the flat next doors front door and hammered on it so loud it woke a lot of other tenants , I had snapped if I could have got hold of him, I would have done something that would have no doubt got me too in trouble!

Within days the housing officer offered me the flat I have been in since 2007 in sheltered housing.

Even here Somone in a house nearby shuts a dog outside most of the time and it barks continually!

Noise and nuisance is with us everywhere including the UK.
Mick.