Re: Raceway Park
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Here in Arizona, land of open space...we had the Arizona Motorsports Park..a road racing facility close abruptly due to noise concerns from residents (who had only been living there for a few years)...and this raceway is right down the street from Luke Air Force Base, where they fly all hours of the day and night!
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Luke AFB is a huge cash cow for the state. That, plus a huge retired military community, adds up to government dollars on a massive scale. Local residents can holler all they want about F-16s in afterburner (among the loudest of fighters) but Luke brings in far too much "gummint" money and money from retiree spending to be closed due to jet noise. It all depends on the politics of who is making the noise vs. who is complaining. I lived on Laughlin AFB when I was a USAF pilot and I loved all that noise. Luke would even be better because an F-16 in "blower" is an incredible sound. I'd love to live next to Luke.
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