Affluent—and Angry—Homeowners Raise Ruckus Over Roar of Overhead Planes

Residents in some high-end neighborhoods are complaining to authorities and the courts about the FAA’s NextGen program, but home values in some affected areas have risen sharply

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In the long-running battle over airplane noise, new tactics are emerging to fight FAA flight paths over neighborhoods, including some of the most affluent enclaves in the nation.

Residents have formed protest groups, lobbied city and state representatives, gone to court, sold their homes and moved—and even created a high-tech tool for kvetching, enabling them to register thousands of complaints at the click of a button.

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