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The new O'Hare runway opened to much fanfare (and controversy) last fall, but officials are learning it's now all rainbows and lollipops as residents of Park Ridge are complaining of worsening noise issues. In response, a commission of eight residents and an alderman was formed, called the O'Hare Airport Commission. According to the Tribune, the group, "will monitor noise, advocate for fewer flights over Park Ridge, examine environmental issues, and make recommendations for reducing airplane noise in homes and schools." [Tribune]
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I can't believe that there's noise near an airport. That's just shocking. Were these people surprised when the price of their houses was less than houses further away?
You might want to recheck the value of homes in Park Ridge. They are quite expensive.
I grew up in Edison Park, which neighbors Park Ridge and you occasionally heard the planes during the summer. Maybe once or twice a week, my Disney Afternoon was ruined because the windows were open and I couldn't hear what Gizmo-duck was saying, but it was not a constant. nuisance. I can't speak for how it is not, but if it is louder or more frequent than what I remember, I'd be upset too. Especially considering how high taxes are over there.
Yea, but i bet they would be more money if they weren't so close to O'Hare.
They'd be so money that they wouldn't even know it.
Hey SednaBoo - can you rewrite this please? -
Were these people surprised when the price of their houses was less than houses further away?
I'm saying that if you buy a house near an airport, no matter how infrequent the fly-overs may be, the price you pay for the house will be less then if the exact same house we located further away from the airport. Since fewer people want to put up with any potential noise, the price is lower than it might otherwise be.
Sure, the runway is new, but airports are bound to expand. This isn't the first time it's expanded either. Additional runways were constructed in 1955, 1968, 1971 and 2008. each time bringing new noise and more planes. If proximity to O'Hare wasn't considered when buying the house it's their own fault.
It's not like the airport was just built there from nothing. Then I would feel bad for residents. But it wasn't so I'm not.
Three post in and I bet you've never spent any actual time in the actual place you're actually talking about.
Park Ridge has always had airplane noise. I had family in nearby Des Plaines and it was even noisier though you got used to it fairly quickly. A significant uptick in noise would be pretty obnoxious.
Part of the reason NOT to further and further expand O'hare and look to other locations was to avoid making living within an ever-widening ring of the airport impossible.
The "fuck them, they knew the airport was there" argument doesn't wash since it's tax-payer money that goes into noise-baffling the homes and with each expansion the ring of noise just gets wider and affects more people.
It's not like the airport was just built there from nothing. Then I would feel bad for residents. But it wasn't so I'm not.
I'm sure they give a shit what you think. I only do because I think think you need a slapping boy.
Well, they should care what i think, because i'm with the majority of taxpayers who support the airport expansion. If a minority opinion wants to gain traction, it's usually not best to try to slap people who disagree with you.
Park Ridge ain't cheap. Have you ever been there?
Park Ridge residents know where they live, and what kind of air traffic noise to expect. Residents in Harwood Heights and Norridge are similarly informed. When there's a sudden spike in this kind of disturbance, negative feedback from nearby residents is human nature.
Your comments sound like that of a sour jerk.
Well I live in Rogers Park & I'm directly under this damned new runway.
I never had a real noise problem until now & I can't imagine how bad it has gotten for Park Ridge.
That said, 95% of those people in Park Ridge have moved into there knowing about the airport, but there are a few people who have lived there continuously from before O'Hare was built or inherited the family home.
They're the only ones with a truly valid complaint.
Loads of people have moved to the northwest suburbs so they can be near O'Hare!