Been there done that ! My wife and I moved to Marietta GA. about 7 years ago . We looked at a LOT of houses until we came up with what we thought would be our home heading into retirement . It was in an established neighborhood that was quiet and of mixed age groups and ethnicity .
All was good until a little over 2 years ago when neighbor to one side decides to rent his house out . Several years of noise , stupidity and evictions made up our minds to sell and move ! This was NOT in our financial plan for retirement but we got lucky and sold in a hot market , made a good chunk of change and found a home on 2.5 acres in the middle of no where .
Where we live now there are a total of 9 houses including ours , all on 2 acres plus . It is stone cold quiet ALL of the time . That is exactly how we like it .
Life is too short to put up with BS
You can never change/control your neighbors so a buffer zone is needed .