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Your neighbors made 11,459 calls about loud planes. Are you next?

Your City Hall is too loud, and they know it

Chi-Town on the wire — you already know. Okay so, let me explain, your city hall's 311 data is out, and it's like, really interesting. The number one complaint, out of *everything*? "311 INFORMATION ONLY CALL" with over 13,000 requests. But the *second* biggest thing, and this is what got me, is "Aircraft Noise Complaint" with 11,459 requests. Think about that. More people called about planes flying over their heads than about potholes or graffiti.

### What are we hearing?

That's a lot of noise. It’s not just an inconvenience, right? It’s people trying to sleep, trying to work from home, trying to have a normal life, and the sky is just… loud. And these aren't just one-off calls; this is a consistent issue across the city, probably hitting neighborhoods near Midway and O'Hare the hardest. It makes you wonder, what are all these lobbyists, like Thomas Moore and Lara Dailey, doing down at City Hall if not addressing these everyday quality-of-life issues for regular folks? Their registrations run through 2026, so they're in it for the long haul, but are they hearing *us*?

It's clear what's bothering people on the ground. We're talking about the noise that rattles windows, not just the usual street sounds. What's next is seeing if City Hall actually starts to *listen* to these complaints instead of just logging them.

Chi-Town on the wire — you already know.

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