Okay so your neighbors are getting a new garage, maybe, but *also* the city just heard from nearly 8,000 people about airplane noise. Like, that's a lot, no?

### What people are *actually* calling about

Chi-Town on the wire — you already know. So, City Hall is always talking big, right? About these grand plans and projects. But if you look at the 311 service requests, what are people actually dealing with? After "just calling 311 for info," the number one issue is aircraft noise. Seven thousand eight hundred forty-six requests! That's more than double the tree emergencies and triple the graffiti removal requests combined. Like, people are getting *pissed* about planes flying over their houses. And yeah, it’s a constant thing. You hear it flying low over Midway sometimes, or O'Hare on the North Side. My tía in Little Village, she always says, "Luz Elena, the planes are shaking the windows, mija!"

### Your new garage, maybe?

And then, on the development side, it’s mostly roof replacements and one new detached wood frame garage for $28,391. That's a good chunk of change, but it's not like these huge skyscrapers going up. These are the small things, the everyday fixes people are making.

* 7,846 aircraft noise complaints.

* 3,412 tree emergencies.

* One new garage permit for $28,391.

So what does this all mean for us? It means City Hall needs to listen to the *actual* complaints coming in. Less talk about big shiny projects, more about what's affecting people's everyday lives, like the constant drone of planes over our neighborhoods. We'll be watching to see if anyone at City Hall actually takes these noise complaints seriously.

Chi-Town on the wire — you already know.

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