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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not the crazy guy, but I have posted on other threads about this. This is my first post on this thread. It was so bad where we lived when the FAA switched to GPS that we eventually moved. But it did not bother the majority of our neighbors. It just depends how sensitive up noise and disturbance you are, OP.

I understand that DCA has agreed to move some of those paths because the community activism has gained a lot of traction. DCUM loves to say this isn’t an issue. And if it’s not for you, awesome. But it is for a lot of people. OP - check out the Quiet Skies Coalition - it’s a very rational, legally-minded group working with area airports up reduce noise. [/quote]

Ok, I am the poster above who wrote about “airplane noise guy” and this post comes across as much more reasonable and less frustrated than mine :) I think this post is pretty accurate. 
I also want to add that people in the neighborhood genuinely do appreciate the coalition’s work to try to reduce airplane noise etc. We just don’t want to discourage people from moving here by making it seem like it’s a big issue to a large percent of residents. [/quote]

Hah. Thanks. I am not usually feeling reasonable about this issue.

BUT I think there is a huge difference in experiences, both in sensitivity and area. Areas like Palisades and Georgetown have *always* been under the DCA flight path. So maybe there is more noise now, but that area was always known for having air traffic. Where I lived had ZERO air traffic, not even helicopters. And then the FAA changed systems and it was constant, every 3-5 minutes. 13+ hours a day. That’s very very different.

In truth, OP, most areas of the DMV are going to have considerable air traffic, planes and/or helicopters. When we moved we spent so much time in neighborhoods studying air traffic. Where we live now there are seldom planes but the helicopters are near constant. Interestingly, the helicopters don’t bother me. But they make some of my new neighbors absolutely insane.

And thus we have come full circle. [/quote]

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