noise from Palo Alto airport

On 2005-05-25 20:36, George Patterson wrote:
wrote:

Every day these noisy, small private planes from
Palo Alto airport destroy my living space.


Then move.

George Patterson
"Naked" means you ain't got no clothes on; "nekkid" means you ain't
got
no clothes on - and are up to somethin'.

Some years ago I read the complaints on a local anti-aviation website
that were intent on closing "my" airport.

One of the longer complaint stories was written by a family who
considered themselves terrorised by our planes; but if one dug
through the whole history of their sufferings, it turned out they had
recently moved here from the vicinity of *another* airport, and were
appalled that there was again an airport close to their new home,
obviously set on irritating them again.

Now, if I was so aggravated by noise that I had to move, I'd make damned
sure I moved well *away* from any airport, and not 'by chance' put
myself in the same situation again. But not these guys.

My take is they bought cheap 'noisy' property, then started a local
anti-avaition campaign to oust the airport, and by this hoped to raise
the property value in time for their next move.

/Rolf

"Rolf Blom" wrote in message
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My take is they bought cheap 'noisy' property, then started a local
anti-avaition campaign to oust the airport, and by this hoped to raise the
property value in time for their next move.

If true, they are further cementing their demonstration of ignorance, no
doubt.

An unresolved anti-airport campaign can only serve to reduce property
values. The airport is still there, and the campaign itself argues that the
airport is a negative aspect of the neighborhood. By drawing attention to
the airport as a detriment, the property values go down.

Without the campaign, one could easily just ignore the existence of the
airport when selling one's home. I presume that the presence of the airport
is not required to be disclosed, since these buyers weren't told when THEY
bought the house. But even if it is a required disclosure, many buyers
might not be scared off so long as the seller's aren't making a huge fuss
about how much they hate the airport.

Pete