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O'Hare airport sits some 40km outside Chicago. It seems like a long way away from the city. Narita airport is about 80km east of Tokyo. Osaka is about 500km w

O'Hare airport sits some 40km outside Chicago. It seems like a long way away from the city. Narita airport is about 80km east of Tokyo. Osaka is about 500km west of Tokyo. Osaka's airport is just 15km outside of Osaka. To travel from downtown Osaka to downtown Tokyo would involve 95km of ground transport in addition to the flight. Or you could take the train, which would involve about 20km of transport besides the high speed rail. You might think that nobody wants to live next to a train station, either. Or even next to a rail line. But I wonder what difference there would be in resistance to a new airport vs a major train station within 5km of a neighborhood.

Gare 3y ago
> You might think that nobody wants to live next to a train station, either. Huh? Properties next to train stations usually have higher prices. Electric trains are clean and quiet.
- colingoodman 3y ago
  I understand that suburban communities sometimes fight public transit stops in attempt to preserve "neighborhood character" and whatnot. That could be what the other user is referring to.
ourmandave 3y ago
Or even next to a rail line. Not a commuter train, but here's a neighborhood where the rail goes right down the street. Literally freight trains driving past your front yard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odWcZagJlAs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odWcZagJlAs
duped 3y ago
> O'Hare airport sits some 40km outside Chicago. It's more like 25km (15 miles) to the city center and 4km (2.5 miles) to the city limits, although technically O'hare is within the City of Chicago. There's a strip of City land between the eastern edge of the airport that cuts through the suburb of Rosemont to connect to the Oriole Park neighborhood (although that might be Edison Park), on the far Northwestern edge of the city. 40km will get you to the far south side of the city, for which there's Midway.

Gare 3y ago

> You might think that nobody wants to live next to a train station, either. Huh? Properties next to train stations usually have higher prices. Electric trains are clean and quiet.

colingoodman 3y ago
I understand that suburban communities sometimes fight public transit stops in attempt to preserve "neighborhood character" and whatnot. That could be what the other user is referring to.

ourmandave 3y ago

Or even next to a rail line. Not a commuter train, but here's a neighborhood where the rail goes right down the street. Literally freight trains driving past your front yard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odWcZagJlAs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odWcZagJlAs

duped 3y ago

> O'Hare airport sits some 40km outside Chicago. It's more like 25km (15 miles) to the city center and 4km (2.5 miles) to the city limits, although technically O'hare is within the City of Chicago. There's a strip of City land between the eastern edge of the airport that cuts through the suburb of Rosemont to connect to the Oriole Park neighborhood (although that might be Edison Park), on the far Northwestern edge of the city. 40km will get you to the far south side of the city, for which there's Midway.