Everyone wants to have electricity but few people want to buy a house with power lines running through the backyard. Most suburbanites want a freeway nearby so that it is faster and easier to get to work but they don’t want to see or hear the freeway from the backyard.
While air travel is desirable, airplane noise is not. There are areas in the twin cities where the planes are so loud and low that it is down right frightening to be outside when they fly over.
For home buyers who want to learn more about airport noise here are some resources: http://www.macnoise.com/ They also have an interactive map that provides detailed airport noise information.
For fun, when the boss isn’t looking, do a google search on the words power and line. There are links to pages of contadictory information about power lines and there affect on human health.
