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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the persons in question self-identified and in my opinion they are an upstanding citizen for speaking up. In a fair world, they’d get some sort of citizen hero award. 
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His dogged persistence single-handedly increased the number of noise complaints in DC by an astounding number, though he rejected the notion that he had personally sent 6,500. He spent countless evenings and weekends in 2015 filing noise complaint after noise complaint, like someone who has the bad fortune of moving in next to a rowdy fraternity house.
“This is already as I am describing it, you can have the flavor, a full-time job,”, a resident of Washington, DC, said.
It wasn’t always like this. In the 2010s, when he moved his family from to Washington, DC, he thought his wooded neighborhood  was idyllic. He bought the house knowing full well there would be some noise overhead, but at the time it wasn’t something to complain about. And then it got worse.
Shortly after he moved, Reagan International shifted to a new flight navigation system known as NextGen. This multi-billion-dollar upgrade was developed to help cut carbon emissions and reduce how much fuel is used by providing airline pilots with more direct routes between origin and destination. The NextGen system plotted a new route for planes coming in and out of the DC airport that was closer to his backyard.
“From my bedroom I can see all the planes, and I can very easily identify them by sight,” he said. “However, I can also identify them by the noise,” he added.
The Boeing 737’s are the worst. He compared the engine noise to having a vacuum cleaner next to your bedside. “Can you sleep when a vacuum cleaner is turned on?” he asked. “You cannot. You wake up.”
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BUYER BEWARE but also support your neighbors who are doing the right thing [/quote]

I know this person and the story quite well. He was not a martyr but I a former astronaut who was hoping to start an air quality monitoring business out of the situation. [/quote]

But there are several stories just like that. Some people moved. They can’t all be lying or trying to profit? It’s objectively a lot of planes and noise.[/quote]

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