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Noise levels would be good. When I am moving this noise is a total wildcard and luck. I would pay a premium to move in with less noise neighbours and possibly quite tenants can be rewarded with that premium.

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There's actually a start up that does this for AirBnBs called NoiseAware (I have no affiliation with them). I could definitely see that being interesting for more permanent rentals as well. Probably hard to get tenant consent though for that purpose.

I know I'd pay extra not to have to live next to neighbors with small children or yappy dogs. Still annoyed that it's illegal for there to be childless apartment communities.

> Still annoyed that it's illegal for there to be childless apartment communities.

It's not, you are just probably not old enough for the ones that are legal.

Who doesn‘t love a session of bingo at the afternoom? :)

You're in luck: you can! It's called buying a single-family detached home.

I love the sarcasm, truly, but that doesn't actually accomplish the goal. If the goal is to live near a group of similar aged folks, all buying a single-family home does is separate the walls a bit. You are now locked into a neighborhood in which your neighbors can easily have children who will run around screaming in the area, often ignoring who's yard belongs to whom.

Source: Bought a house before, neighbors moved in with 4 kids who ran around screaming loudly and ignored that my yard wasn't theirs to play in. They also had 2 rather large labs that barked loudly day and night. Working from home with that sort of constant noise pollution is super irritating.

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