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  1. Dr Obnxs

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    #2 Dr Obnxs, Oct 21, 2009
    Laguna has some serious noise limits...

    for all but a few days a year. Turns out that people who bought homes near the track (long after the track was there) complain about the noise! What, they didn't know where they were living? At least Laguna has some days a year when there is no sound limit, but for the rest of the time, it's one of the easiest tracks to get black flagged at. I was getting a guest ride in an MC12, that's legal for the street and it was black flagged!

    If the track does get hit, I'm sure the very same citizens will lament the loss of race induced revenue.

    Matt
     
  2. Nathan

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    #3 Nathan, Oct 21, 2009
    It's like the people in my neighborhood. The community is bounded on one side by active RR Tracks maintained by BNSF. People living at that end of the communuity are always complaining the trains are too loud and that the house shakes. Hello people...didn't you look at the entire area before buying? So much for due diligence.

    BNSF recently worked with the City of Plano to make a no horn crossing, however, this area is where 2 counties and 3 different incorporated cities all share a boundary and a major Farm to Market road is less than a mile away. That crossing will not be changed to no horn. At night with the windows open I swear the engineer lays on that horn at times. Doesn't bother me, I knew what was around me and I looked at the long term plans for the empty lots before I decided I would stay in this inherited house.
     
  3. Steve

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    #4 Steve, Oct 21, 2009
    I was thinking about this back when the news first broke (about a month ago, I think) and I bet it's much like Matt mentioned re Laguna Seca; new residents are the culprits. People do this sort of thing all the time now. I recently read about the residents of a bunch of new houses built near a pre-existing loud, busy freeway suing their local municipality into putting up noise barriers...and the barriers ended up costing more than the houses!

    Spa would be a huge loss for F1! I'd much rather see Monaco go away than Spa.