[GreenLantern]

I have lived in an apartment style before and in a small bedroom the fan was more than enough noise to drown out anything around me. Having problems with it in a large room without walls, it seems to just fade into the background.

We are right downtown now, and the city noise helps as well, I actually prefer it over the quiet of the suburbs or condo towns, but that all fades by around midnight..

Its that 1 AM to 7 AM gap that needs to be filled with some noise.

I have done my research, the condo rules state any noise after 11 PM that is seen at the discretion of the tenant as a disturbance will be reviewed by the board. I talked with the maintenance girl not laying any blame not trying to make a complaint just asking, she said people have gotten results out of less than what I am dealing with. So I am perfectly in my right to complain, and something would be done. But I don't want to go that route, as I said, last resort. These people are more than likely just trying to live their lives.

Has anyone tried a humidifier here? Is it much louder than a fan? The AC unit works great, but as I said it is downstairs, so I think I need a different kind of noise than what a fan is offering.

Ear plugs might also be worth trying, but in my experience all that did in my last apartment was just block out the white noise and leave the door open for anything else.

Thanks to those for their helpful suggestions so far.