[acwan93]

>As population centers shift and housing gets built, people move in next to noisy airports and then say to themselves "Holy shit, I moved next to an airport and it's loud. How could I have known? Surely this is the airport's fault!" and they go complain to their city.

Harrison Ford makes a similar case about KSMO and why it's important to continue investing in general aviation.

>“Of course then they do a survey among Santa Monica voters. ‘What are the ten things that most need to be done?’ Number ten on their list is to get rid of the airport. But number one on their list is traffic congestion. [Lowers chin, raises eyebrows, points at me.] I rest my case.”

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a43965150/harri...

[ShadowBanThis01]

The airport is number one on the city COUNCIL's list. I think Harrison is mistaken here: The airport didn't even MAKE the list in a survey of Santa Monica citizens. Many of them don't even know the airport exists.

When asked directly about the airport, the majority of SM citizens SUPPORT it. The city has repeatedly commissioned studies (at taxpayer expense of course), and those have repeatedly indicated that the best course of action is keeping the airport open.

Needless to say, the city council never mentions these studies. They're currently blowing loads of money on consulting firms to perpetuate this absurd lie that the airport land will be turned into a giant park. They admitted years ago that there is, and will be, no money to build any such thing. And that was BEFORE their current "budget crisis." The sham is simply a rallying cry for land speculators, developers, and the city council that they own.