Your neighbors are mad about what's flying overhead
Chi-Town on the wire — you already know.
Okay so, let me explain, the city released some new numbers and it's like, *wow*. What's got Chicagoans buzzing the most? Not the potholes, not even the rats, believe it or not. It's the aircraft noise. We're talking almost *ten thousand* complaints, 9,915 requests specifically, in the latest 311 data. That's, like, the second-highest thing people are calling about, right after just general "information only" calls. Seriously, people are really heated about what's flying over their heads.
Then you got your usual suspects — graffiti removal and rat complaints still in the thousands, but nothing close to the airplane noise. It really tells you where people's frustrations are, you know? Like, you can live with a pothole for a minute, but a plane shaking your windows every five minutes? Nah.
And speaking of stuff shaking things up, the city's also busy with a bunch of smaller development permits. We're seeing things like solar panel installations — one for $30,562, putting 9.57 KW on a roof. So people are still fixing up their places, trying to get that clean energy going, which is good to see. But that aircraft noise, though, that's the one to watch. Will City Hall actually *do* something about it? We'll see if those complaints translate into action, or if it's just more hot air.
Chi-Town on the wire — you already know.
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