For US flying, if you get any complaints like this, I suggest you honor the request as FlyboyJ suggested, regardless of your so-called rights to fly. That's more efficient than prompting the complainer to calling the police, then you potentially having to spend 30min schooling the officer about your flight rights, blah blah blah. Flying over neighborhoods is technically legal, because people are inside their house, usually. If you see people, I always steer clear of people on the ground, but seeing them sometimes isn't easy, depending on the elevation. I simply avoid flying over neighborhoods. Have I done it? Yes several times, but I certainly don't fly from my house when I do. Flying from my home would become boring anyway. I have a routine everywhere I fly. I try to stay out of sight of the public so people can't see me. I try to be hard to find, hidden in the hills, secluded areas in a park, behind a cliff, etc. Only rarely have a flown in an area where the public can see me, and that was over the ocean. My wife answered all the questions so I could focus on flying. That was very helpful. Hiding during flight creates a deterrent from people complaining to me, so I can fly in peace. If they can't find me, they can't get angry at ME, and I will never know about their objections or feel bad. I have only flown once from my home, and that was at night. Sure enough, one of my neighbors followed the craft to my house. Fortunately that neighbor is a good friend and was simply curious about the technology. I've never flown from home since, and that was 2yrs ago.
