In message , Adrian
writes

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

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?

Yes. In fact, air travel was declining rapidly after the 1974 oil
crisis: BEA and BOAC had been forced to merge, many routes were
abandoned, and the Bermuda II agreement meant that many transatlantic
services had to use Gatwick rather than Heathrow.

It was not until the late 70s that cheap flights (often using larger,
noisier aircraft) began to have an impact, and passenger numbers started
to increase rapidly.

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

Why should I be forced out by the inconsiderate behaviour of others? Do
you normally penalize the victim?

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.

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

"among".

Exactly. Your claim that house prices under the flight path are cheaper
is not born out by the facts, except in the immediate vicinity of the
airport.

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Paul Terry