Paul Terry gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:

Not at all. Those people voluntarily chose to live there since the
aircraft noise was a fact of life.

But the noise was considerably less back in the 1970s, when I bought my
house.

Did it come as a great surprise to you, back then, that aircraft
movements would increase?

Have you had no opportunity in the intervening 35 years to move?

Why did they do that? Because the aircraft noise made _that_ house, in a
location of _that_ type, cheaper than it would have been if it wasn't
for the aircraft noise.

Bollox. Houses in Richmond are among the most expensive in the country.

"among".

Compare Richmond prices with an equivalent area, with equivalent
transport links and proximity to central London, but without the aircraft
noise.

Or, let's put it another way, what d'you think would happen to Richmond
house prices if the aircraft noise stopped tomorrow?