The Chicago Tribune ran another article about jet noise. (It reminds me of a real estate deal with a small manufacturing company that repackaged gases to make aerosol propellants.) Because of the possibility of a fire or an explosion, the company was built miles from subdivisions. However, developers kept building houses until people lived across the road and plans were to cross the road surrounding them with houses.

            Just like with the airport, people complained about the possibility of fires and explosion. If they were that concerned, why buy the house in the first place? O’Hare airport has been a jet port as long as the airlines had them and today’s jets are quieter than the 707’s and 747’s of the 60s, 70s, and 80s.

            People buy houses in the floodplain and complain about having to pay for flood insurance until their home floods. Then they complain about government not doing something. It did! It told you not to live there! People are moving to drought stricken areas of the West and Southwest and wanting precious water for grass, trees, and pools.

            What happened to “look before you leap?” How about a little research and common sense? Planes are noisy and deserts are arid, DUH!