AITA? My neighbour came banging on my door at 9pm to get me to stop smoking, but it’s legal and our building is full of smokers.

I’ll try to keep this as short as possible. I recently moved into an apartment building. It allows pets as well as smokers; both reasons are why I decided to live there. The hallways sometimes reek of smoke so I know some people smoke inside their apartments. I don’t, I just smoke on my balcony.

Cannabis is fully legal where I live. I don’t smoke inside, and I usually only smoke once, maybe twice a day.

A new neighbour moved in above me a couple of weeks ago. They sweep their balcony onto mine and rain crap down on my head. I’ve called up and asked them to stop and they’ve ignored me and acted like they didn’t hear me. I’ve let it go. Whatever.

I have a smoke almost every night. I had one last night when I came home from work at 9:30pm. They called down to me as I finished and I ignored them like they’ve been ignoring me. They then decided to come knocking on my door at 10 pm, no doubt to ask me to stop. They kept at it for 15 minutes, left, then came back later and did it again, banging on my door repeatedly trying to get me to answer it until almost 11pm.

I didn’t answer the door because A. It was 10pm. B. I don’t know them, they’re obviously not happy and I’m a single woman. C. They knew people smoked when they moved in and didn’t see an issue then. My guess is, their issue is because it’s not tobacco, but weed. And D. They can complain go to the building manager if they have a problem, but I’m betting they know they can’t actually do that since the building allows it.

So I’m concerned they’re going to try to harass me into stopping. I have no problem compromising with people but I don’t think they’re interested in compromise. Not if they think banging on a strangers door at 10pm is acceptable. I don’t want to give in either because I could see them trying to dictate other things if I do.

I get not liking it and not being able to chose your neighbours but I feel like they can’t dictate what I do on my own balcony. I don’t want to cause this to escalate but my instincts are telling me if I give an inch, they’ll take a mile.

AITA for ignoring them?