In the areas the OP refers to, the noise is loud enough to wake up sleeping people even with all the windows closed. Seriously, you were ten miles from an airport and it was worse than that? If it was really worse than that, I can believe that you never heard anyone complain, but I can't believe that nobody *did*. There weren't the same sort of internet whine-fests back then, after all.
Personally, I have been woken up early by the plane noise and have had it be loud enough to interrupt conversations in the living room because people couldn't hear each other. Even so, I'm not actually all that bothered by it on the whole, but I have great compassion for those who are. I find it hard to believe that the people who insist it's no big deal (and shouldn't be to anyone) have actually experienced much of the noise the complainers are talking about.
(I was woken up this morning as well, but mostly dozed through it thinking a raging thunderstorm was going on. Very confusing when I noticed how sunny it was.)
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Date: 2009-12-11 06:28 pm (UTC)Personally, I have been woken up early by the plane noise and have had it be loud enough to interrupt conversations in the living room because people couldn't hear each other. Even so, I'm not actually all that bothered by it on the whole, but I have great compassion for those who are. I find it hard to believe that the people who insist it's no big deal (and shouldn't be to anyone) have actually experienced much of the noise the complainers are talking about.
(I was woken up this morning as well, but mostly dozed through it thinking a raging thunderstorm was going on. Very confusing when I noticed how sunny it was.)