"Paul Terry" wrote in message
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In message , Adrian
writes

If you don't like it, don't buy a house under the flight path. It's that
simple.

Since I know of nobody who actually enjoys aircraft noise
I'm sure there are people who actually enjoy it. I certainly went through a
phase where standing under the departure end of the runway at Gatwick was
considered a cool way to spend an afternoon. It just wouldn't have been the
same without the noise ...

are you suggesting that the 2 million people affected by noise from
Heathrow should be rehoused so that a quarter of London can be
depopulated?

I think he was suggesting the ones who didn't think they could stand it
shouldn't have moved there in the first place. When I lived near Gatwick
(see below) there were indeed times when I was 'affected' by aircraft noise.
Now I live in Hove, where I'm 'affected' by things like police sirens and
helicopters, late night revellers etc. If I found it intolerable I suppose I
would have to consider moving to a house in the rural middle of nowhere.
Trouble is that if everyone did that the rural middle of nowhere would get
awfully crowded - and it's a long way to the shops.

I know people who wouldn't even consider looking at a house if it was
anywhere near a railway line ("couldn't stand the noise") and yet were quite
happy with a house on a busy road. I know someone else who has the M20 and
HS1 at the bottom of his garden. No one is forcing him to live there, and he
definitely has the means to move to places that are both a *lot* quieter and
closer to his work in central London. He has been in this house for at least
15 years and shows no sign of moving. Just about anywhere in SE England has
its pros and cons. You choose what matters to you and pay your money
accordingly.

Yes, I'll cheerfully accept there might still be the odd resident who
hasn't moved since Heathrow opened. 64 years ago. (Did you know Heathrow
had six runways in the late '40s?)

The number of aircraft movements since then has increased many times
OTOH the aircraft are a lot quieter. I grew up in a house about 3 miles west
of Gatwick. In the 1970/80s you definitely knew about it when aircraft were
taking off in that direction. By the late 1990s when my parents moved away
the aircraft had gained a lot more height by the time they got to us and
they were a lot quieter anyway.

DAS