I agree, I think it is VERY rude of people to hang windchimes anywhere near where they would be heard by neighbors. I can't stand them and I don't know what I would do if my neighbors hung them near my house but I know someting "bad " would happen to those windchimes!! If people like them so much let them hang them inside the house right by an open window and then they can "enjoy" the clanging and pinging all they want inside their own home!