I have spent time at anchor or in a mooring in Maine, the BVIs and the USVI, several places along the ICW between FL and ME, St. Maarten and the Florida Keys. It's generally the marinas where our neighbors get noisy with their generators. Funny, since that is also where they have shore power. The only two sounds that stand out for me from being at anchor are, outboards and wind generators. I don't resent them, but I know people who refuse to install a wind generator because they hate that noise.
Other sounds, like general revelry, music, especially music they are making themselves, etcetera, are the sounds of people enjoying and celebrating their lives. They don't bother me.
I do think about it myself, because I know not every neighbor feels that way. Some people don't like certain kinds of music, some people don't like loud music, some people can't live with constant background noise of engines or generators or kids playing. I try to be respectful of that. However, within certain hours of socially accepted wakefulness, I don't spend a lot of time worrying about it.
At anchor on a peaceful night visiting Zafu in the BVIs, I played my harmonica with Bob Ward and his guitar. I was a little worried about disrupting the anchorage with our music, but I couldn't miss that opportunity to experience life and hoped no one else got annoyed. If anyone had complained, we would have stopped right away with an apology. No big deal. There's always something else to do.
-Will (Dragonfly)