I spent a couple of months in NY and NJ, right on the Hudson, just this last year, Oct-> Dec. I was blown away at the amount of helicopter traffic. If you're i

I spent a couple of months in NY and NJ, right on the Hudson, just this last year, Oct-> Dec. I was blown away at the amount of helicopter traffic. If you're in NJ, there's a beautiful public area running roughly from West NY down to Weehawken. Monuments to military figures, veterans in general, the dueling grounds where Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton fought, all on cliffs overlooking the Hudson with exquisite views of Manhattan (better imho than from Manhattan to NJ). I used to go walking there everyday. And everyday, the entire time, helicopters were buzzing up and down the Hudson. It was surreal. I wish I could capture how surreal it was. You might come away from that article with a bit of schadenfreude, "NY and noise, shocking" or "bourgeois complain of noise, news at 11" but seriously, it is insane how constant the helicopters are. And I'm from a small Texas town with two airports where it seems that everyone who breaks into the millionaire class is contractually obligated to buy a Cessna or a Piper.