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Your planes are loud. 9,997 complaints can't be wrong.

Okay so, your neighbors are making some noise, and I'm not talking about a house party.

### Your planes are *loud* and your potholes are multiplying

Nah nah nah, let me explain, the latest 311 data just dropped, and what are people calling about? Not like, *just* general info calls, those are always high at 13,470 requests. But right after that? Aircraft noise complaints, mija. Almost ten *thousand* of them — 9,997 requests, to be exact. That's a lot of people looking up, annoyed. You know that feeling when you're at Promontory Point trying to enjoy the lake, and it sounds like O'Hare is practically landing on your head? Yeah, that.

Then, you got the usual Chicago stuff, right?

* Graffiti removal: 1,523 requests. Some of that street art is cool, but nobody wants gang tags on their garage door, you know?

* Garbage cart maintenance: 1,162 requests. We gotta keep the alleys clean, people!

* Potholes: 1,107 requests. Seriously, the Dan Ryan feels smoother than some neighborhood streets right now.

The thing is, these aren't just numbers. This is what's really bugging people, like, daily life stuff. When you're hearing planes constantly, or you gotta dodge potholes on your way to get some Jibaritos at Papa's Cache Sabroso, that’s real. It means the city’s gotta figure out how to address these constant quality-of-life issues that make you go, “Ay, Dios mío.” We'll see if those noise complaints translate into some real action from City Hall.

Chi-Town on the wire — you already know.

Catch the full breakdown with the crew on the morning show, live at mornings.live.

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