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Old Oct 21, 2016, 11:36 am
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strickerj
 
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Originally Posted by pseudoswede
Out of 4,800 noise complaints made against DIA last year, 96% came from four people. Yes, the single-digit four. 3,500 complaints came from one person, who lives 30 miles away from the airport.

http://www.9news.com/entertainment/t...ople/337638418
And that's the crux of the issue - if officials only looked at the number of complaints and took action based on that, they'd miss the fact that it's orders of magnitude fewer people complaining about the airport than using and benefitting from it.
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