As someone who used to live in a neighborhood that was frequented by "ghetto birds"[1], I have anecdotal evidence to the contrary. I think the main difference b

As someone who used to live in a neighborhood that was frequented by "ghetto birds"[1], I have anecdotal evidence to the contrary. I think the main difference between a consumer multicoper and a helicopter is the barrier of entry to purchase one (and become qualified to fly it) and the operating costs [1]: Ice Cube once wrote a song to express his frustration w.r.t. how police helicopters outside his bedroom interfered with his sleep schedule: https://genius.com/Ice-cube-ghetto-bird-lyrics https://genius.com/Ice-cube-ghetto-bird-lyrics