When you put up wind chimes outside close to your neighbors

Hahaha, that would most likely bug the heck out of me! I do enjoy (mostly) the sound of wind chimes, but certainly not ALL NIGHT LONG! 

I enjoy listening to wind chimes during the day.  At night, they're another story.  I wouldn't put them up.

I wouldn't put them up at all! I like to think that I'm considerate of my neighbors this way. 

Of course, wind chimes would drive me crazy after about 60 seconds. 

Same for me! I'm very sensitive to noise and hate wind chimes, whistling, humming, any of those types of noises!!

Quite a few years ago, we lived in a second floor apartment with a little balcony off my kitchen. I had a set of wind chimes that I'd really wanted to put up but never lived anywhere where it would work. I asked the people who lived underneath us and they had no problem with them. But, after a couple of nights a man from the apartment building that was kind of perpendicular to ours came over and said the wind chimes were driving him nuts. He was nice about it but obviously frustrated that they were keeping him awake. I was bummed about it but we took them down right away. As much as I liked them, knowing that it was keeping someone else awake it wasn't worth it for me.

Emelle

I was THAT neighbor! My son gave me a set of wind chimes for Christmas, I hung them up and I heard them all night the first night, all I could think about was that my neighbors are probably hating me now! the next morning I cut the weight off of them and now they only make a slight "tinking" sound that can't be heard unless I'm outside.
I try to be a good neighbor. :-)

We have windchimes up at the front of the house. They aren't loud, as in you can barely hear them inside the house. If they were loud, I wouldn't have kept them up. But I have to say, in a neighbourhood windchimes are not the worst noise maker out there. There are far worse noises that we have to deal with at all hours.

I'll admit to having wind chimes in the past, and it was never once something I considered might bother my neighbors.

But I was never one to be bothered by my neighbor's music, or late outdoor bbq parties, or dogs barking. I just figure it's part of the sounds of life, just like traffic.

For the record, I don't currently have wind chimes up, but not because of neighbors' complaints or anything.

I like some wind chimes, but some of those huge ones that make that "clunk, clunk, clunk" sound, I don't care for them. If a neighbor had up a set of windchimes that kept me awake, I would go out in the middle of the night and tie them together.

I have one little tiny set of windchimes (only 5 inches in length) that is by my deck, no one can hear them, and we are 5 acres away from the nearest neighbor.

ETA: Promo video of "The Middle" where Rita Glossner had all the wind chimes.
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"I'm tryin' to beautify the neighborhood."

"Aaannyyy hooooo."

You are my people.

As close as your bedroom windows apparently are, is it possible they may be trying to drown out other sounds that may transfer at night?

Considering the fact that I want to open fire with a bazooka on ever bird in my neighborhood when they wake me up at 4:30 in the morning every.damn.morning, wind chimes is not something I would handle well at all.  

I actually have quite a few windchimes. I especially love the big low toned ones. BUT., lots here are very big. Mine is one of the smallest with 2 acres. And my chimes face away from any other houses. Years ago, one of my neighbors told me that when they did hear them they enjoyed them. So I chime away.

Funny. I just noticed my neighbors' wind chimes tinkling away yesterday afternoon. I think they must be total white noise for me because I almost never notice them.

I don't have any wind chimes, but if I did, I don't think it would have crossed my mind they might bother anyone. I'd be that annoying neighbor.