Dave Stadt wrote:
Of course RHV owners and users can't force the adjoining property to
remain any particular thing. But we SHOULD be able to keep the land
from becoming CERTAIN new things, like houses, that are predictably a
problem off the ends of runways. It's called zoning, and it needs to
be part of any new airport, and it needs to be enforced.

True, much of the land around ORD is rail, warehouses or forests.

That must be a surprise to all the people that love in Elk Grove,
Bensenville, Rosemount, Des Plaines and all the other surrounding
communities. I think you need to take a drive around O'Hare to see how
wrong your statement is.

Rosemont didn't exist before ORD. Des Plaines caved in and supports the
expansion. Bensenville, well they're still playing around but
homeowners have sold to ORD.

Elk Grove would be nothing without ORD, most of their housing is post
ORD construction. Again it boils down to raw
political wlll. Even the Dupage Co. board supports ORD expansion.

JG

Yea, so. What does that have to do with the fact much of the land
surrounding O'Hare not being rail, wharehouse and forest like you claimed.

Look at the sat. images, north fence is Des Plaines and IL 72-office,
warehouse, etc. West fence is Elk Grove-warehouses, east fence is
rosemont-hotels, offices build to be near ORD, south fence is IL-19
warehouse and some Bensenville. Case Closed
http://imageatlas.globexplorer.com

JG