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> where land is cheap and the flights won't annoy people You'd need to back this up with strong zoning. I think it was Sacramento where they put the airport o
by chiph 9y ago
> where land is cheap and the flights won't annoy people
You'd need to back this up with strong zoning. I think it was Sacramento where they put the airport out in the countryside .. and then land developers discovered all this cheap land near it. Sure enough, the new residents started complaining about the noise from takeoffs and landings.
Flight paths is one of the things I look at when I pick a new place to live.
- Gibbon1 9y agoIn San Jose they ended up buying up and demolishing a whole neighborhood. It was a big deal at the time, but likely forgotten by most people. I find it annoying that they build commuter rail projects and scrupulously avoid going too close to the airport when by rights the airport aught to be a standard stop.
- samtho 9y agoI'm from Sacramento. The land that developers built on was formerly designated floodplain (still is a floodplain) but did some trickery to get it cheaply and build houses on it. I believe some rezoning was at play, but regardless, the area around the airport when they built it, was suppose to not ever have houses built on it.