Your neighbors are mad about airplane noise

Okay so, Chi-Town on the wire — you already know. Let's talk about what's happening at City Hall, porque some of this stuff, it's like, really affects us.

The big one that jumped out to me from the 311 service requests? Aircraft noise complaints. Over eight thousand of 'em, *ocho mil*, requests logged! That's the second-highest complaint after just general 311 info calls. Think about that for a second. People are calling more about planes flying over their heads than about rats, graffiti, or even garbage. My tía in Midway North, she’s always complaining about that. It’s a real thing, you know? Like, it makes sense when you think about how many flights go through O'Hare and Midway every day.

And then on the other side, we've got all this development. Remember those permits? Like the one for $351,750 for renovating corridors and restrooms in an 8-story commercial building? Or the $210,000 for repairing fire damage in a 3-story brick building, which is actually good news, right? People are fixing stuff up. But the solar panel permit for $47,620? That’s cool, you know, forward-thinking. Es bueno.

The contrast, though, between all this money moving around in development and the everyday noise that’s driving people crazy, it really makes you think about what Chicagoans are dealing with every day. Keep an eye on those noise complaints, because if people are calling 311 that much, it’s not just background noise anymore.

Chi-Town on the wire — you already know.

The whole MiTL crew talks about this kind of stuff every morning, you should check it at mornings.live.