Apartments are....apartments. Overall you will ALWAYS hear noise, usually hear your neighbors, etc. This is just something you need to learn to deal with. Sometimes you just get stuck next to someone noisy, it happens and it sucks but it isn't the buildings fault. We try to be quiet and considerate but with a kid that isn't always going to happen-again-apartment life takes some compromise.
That said, I've been here for 1 1/2 years and it's honestly one of the better ones. I've lived in probably 8 different apartment buildings and this is one of the best. My neighbors are friendly on the most part,the people in the office have been really kind. All of our appliances are in good working order and maintence is friendly and quick. There is always a parking spot and 80% of the places I've lived run out of the "free parking spots" around 5pm so I'm glad I don't have to worry about that. I've lived in places where the owner did maintence while stinking drunk, and places where people left 5 year olds home alone, so maybe I'm just used to the slums and this is an upgrade. Either way, I'm thankful this is my home ;)