How can I make my iPhone wifi forget my neighbor's Airport Base Station?

I do know how to make my iPhone's wifi "forget" a Network (like, say, a neighbor's wireless router).
However, my iPhone keeps defaulting to a neighbor's "Airport Extreme" Airport Base Station. When it does this, of course I have no connectivity. Then, I have to go in and manually choose my own apartment's wireless router. It's a pain.
I cannot find any way to make my iPhone forget or ignore this neighbor's Airport Base Station. Is there a way?
iPhone 4S.
Thanks very much for any replies,
Brooke

That seems to have done it, adviser. Thanks.
I reset the network settings, and also made sure that "ask to join networks" is set to "On."
When it started up, I turned on the iPhone's wifi, and chose my own apartment router (and entered its password).
I then went to the farthest corner of the apartment away from our own router, where the signal is weakest, and turned wireless off and then on again. Even though my own router's signal was very weak, the iPhone still chose that router by default.
If the problem comes up again, I'll submit the question again with the information that I have tried this step. For now, though, it looks good. Thanks!

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