I’ll blame some of this on our city council. They should never have let developers build as close to the base as they have but, like most city councils, they’re in the back pocket of every developer, if they’re not developers themselves. I watched the same thing playing out in Surprise, Arizona, a few years ago when I lived there. Luke Air Force Base is going through the same thing right now.
The thing about this that has me riled up is that these groups of people think that the city should do something along the lines of buy their homes or close the base. Sorry! You were warned, assholes. Real estate law says you must be informed if you’re buying a house in a high noise zone and I know you were, so, you need to shut the fuck up and move if you don’t like the noise. You won’t get the same for your house that I might get for mine, but that’s because you bought a home in a shitty area, and that’s no ones fault but your own. You also paid a lot less for your home than I did and that’s for the same reason. You think your house was cheaper because it’s closer to the beach? As Red on That 70s Show would say, “Dumbass!”
I don’t work at Oceana. I work near it and we hear the jets all the time. If I’m standing outside smoking when they come by, I actually have to stop talking for a minute and let them fly away. That’s how loud they are. I live about 12 miles from the base and I rarely, if ever, hear them at my house, but there are people dumb enough to live within a mile of the runway! How stupid can you be?
Yeah, yeah, I know they wanted to own their own homes. You know what? I waited until I could afford a house in a reasonably quiet neighborhood before I bought one. Maybe they should have done the same. Like they say, you get what you pay for and you paid for a house next to a Master Jet Base, so get used to it! Dumbass!
Article comments
1 - Chip Rose
There are a number of homes, actually a fairly large number I believe, that were there at Oceana long before the NAS Oceana jet base got there.
But yes, I agree with you for the most part that if a person buys a house close to the runway, they ought not to complain about noise. Seems obvious, but that is what a lot of the debate is about.
Myself, I side with the folks that LOVE jet noise. To me, it is the cost of freedom in the USA. In some countries, if you complain about jet noise, they'll just bazooka your property and call it a day.
2 - gonzo marx
funny stuff Andy...nice ta see ya Post
/golfclap
now, take a trip back home and get some REAL pizza
Va beach...geeez...i couldn't wait ta get out of there, and yer there on purpose?
/rolls eyes
Excelsior!
3 - Andy Marsh
I was just up there in December gonzo! Va Beach ain't bad...6 hours from my folks...just far enough that they don't show up unexpectedly! Golden buckle of the bible belt...what else could you ask for???
4 - Andy Marsh
Chip - there may have been a few...but not quite a few...hell, there were only a few roads out this way back in the 40's and 50's!
5 - Bob
Im sorry but I bought this property 17 years ago only thing flying was A-7s and they were not nearly as load as the hornets.When a jet flys over your house and windows shake and cielings fall in,its to dam much I have decieded to leave the beach to the navy they have done agreat job destroying life here, just like the goverment. who gives a shit about the tax payer anyway.that is not the sound of freedom last time I looked we were freed 200 years.see ya