Airplane noise concerns overblown?
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Anonymous
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This is a pretty big one, as far as the citizens’ raising awareness goes, b/c of the number of views. There are also active citizen groups, ANC and Ward efforts, as well as Congressional efforts. I feel that it’s good that that dcum exists and that a couple of OPs provided a platform to get the correct and up to date information out: no lies, no gaslighting, just facts.
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Anonymous
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If you want to know what’s being done, check here and join the next meeting:
https://www.flyreagan.com/about-airport/aircraft-noise-information/dca-reagan-national-community-working-group |
Anonymous
| There are a 1000 flights (of all kinds) out/in of DCA every day. They fly over a narrow, concentrated zone and fly low. How can that possibly not be “a big deal”? In the pandemic it was half that, so maybe it was briefly ok. 🤔 |
Anonymous
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FWIW, the FAA is funding the following studies:
Health impacts of the flight path including cardiovascular Economic impacts on the property values Sleep disturbance White noise to counteract the plane noise https://www.flyreagan.com/sites/flyreagan.com/files/2022-07/FAA_Health_Impacts_Research%20Final%207-28-2022.pdf |
Anonymous
Here’s a good website with overview of several things: Communities affected (not too many, DC one of them) Grassroots activity Issues and how bad this really is Myths and reality It busts the myths that the complainers are “a few hypersensitive individuals” or that people “who moved near the airports” have no right to complain. We really are our own worst enemy (judging by this thread alone). https://nextgenrelief.org/myth-vs-reality/ “Families tell stories of no longer being able to open their windows at home due to air and noise pollution. Parents explain how their school-age children are woken up at 5AM every morning with a continuous stream of low-flying airplanes over their homes. Seniors citizens worry that they will not be able to sell their homes to fund their future assisted living and nursing home care. And everyone in NextGen’s wake worries about the long-term health impacts of being exposed to a continuous stream of concentrated toxic airplane emissions” |
Anonymous
| Everyone, except apparently the dcum folk who think it’s not a big deal! |
Anonymous
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We measured the noise levels in the Foxhall and Palisades in the early mornings. If you follow Loudon Co guidelines (DC gov don’t have any even though the noise exceeds the DC regulations every single day and night), we should be losing the residential zoning for the whole chunks of the neighborhood on the noise alone.
For the harms of noise and pollution from the flight path, here’s a really good list: https://nextgenrelief.org/health-impacts/ |
Anonymous
It’s really not possible to do that in the type of market we’ve had for the past few years. |
Anonymous
Really? It’s not possible to drive to a neighborhood you’re interested in, park your car, and then walk around a while? Why is this is not possible? |
Anonymous
| Mandatory disclosures would solve that problem |
Anonymous
| I just can’t imagine moving near an airport and being annoyed I’m hearing airplanes 🤣🤣 |
Anonymous
Ah yes, right after the lead paint disclosure that everyone ignores. That'll fix it! |
Anonymous
I don’t live near the airport. I live near the river. |
Anonymous
And if you had bothered to look up at any point in the home buying process you would have seen that the river is a major flight path. I moved here 30 yeras ago for college at Georgetown and it was a flight path then. It was probably the same for decades before that. You messed up. It's not anyone else's fault but yours. If you can't live with it, then sell the house and move. The rest of the world does not have to change to accommodate your selfish desires. |
Anonymous
It would be a start. I’d vote for it. |