There's been several proposals how to do this automatically, which would do a lot for the congestion problem you mention, for the IEEE standardization process. But I have no idea if they made it into the newer standards. Unless you actively cooperate with your neighbors, it turns into a tragedy of the commons. The one with the power regulating equipment will have worse performance to start with, but if everyone has it then everyone benefits.
LoRaWAN is an okay solution for European Carrier networks where duty cycle limitations come into pay, but for the 915MHz band, it is not a good design.
(On an unrelated note, the fact that you can see your neighbor's WiFi seems like one of the smallest imaginable hindrances and a terrible reason to reconsider WiFi innovation goals.)