MetroMan
Senior Member
I use to live right by the airport...probably the closest to the noise of any one. And guess what? I didn't mind it (I moved out in anticipation of the streetcar construction). I find it amusing that everyone insists that a great waterfront and a working airport are mutually exclusive. It isn't.
Guess what? Sound doesn't work like you think it works. Proximity isn't the only variable to consider. I live on King West near Spadina and the sound of planes revving up for take off, reverse thrust braking and engine noise at night, every night around 11pm is very loud and very frequent and often terribly distracting as I work from home or when I need to be in bed early.
I've come to accept the noise as a part of living in a city but it does grind my gears that we were promised that the airport would operate quietly when Porter proposed changing it from a mildly used landing strip for small aircraft to a full fledged regional airport. It is not quiet and increasing the size of the airport and the landing strip to fit more passengers and more flights would only worsen this, jets or not.
Deluce made the wrong bets and got himself into a corner from which he cannot get out. As a former fan of the company and a former VIPorter card holder, I happily anticipate its demise.