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Actually sometimes circumstances can force someone to live in a ground floor apartment, we lived in upstairs units for over 15 years and then my older son became wheelchair bound. They do not build very many apartment complexes where we live with elevators (if they do they are very expensive) so we are the losers who are force to live on the first floor - until they make wheelchair that can navigate the stairs - that we can afford.

So based on your comment and others I have read I guess we just have to take whatever our more fortunate, able bodied and possibly noisey neighbors dish out.

As to the original post, I think you would want to spend a little more money to make your place as sound proof as possible. Don't you want your home to be as stress free and as quiet possible? Don't you think your neighbors, even if they are the losers who are living in the first floor unit deserve a place that is as quiet as possible?

Rugs are an excellent suggestion, Can you take up your floor without damaging it and put insulation in..maybe the downstairs neighbors can re-do the space between your floors and their ceilings, perhaps you can offer to split the cost.