An anonymous and frustrated reader writes in…

I’d like to remain anonymous to keep from angering my neighbors, but I am going nuts over the amount of airplane noise I hear daily south of the railroad tracks in the City of Decatur.

My neighbors say they barely notice, but I just don’t believe them. I even wonder if it is a conspiracy to keep the public from knowing there’s a problem, and thus lowering our property values.

I am certain I wouldn’t have purchased a home here had I known about the noise. Before buying, I did my homework and even parked on the street for an hour or so on separate occasions. I must be the unluckiest person in the world because there was no noise on any of those days.

Can you find out if there any relief we can collectively seek (assuming I can get my neighbors to admit the problem)?

As luck would have it, Robert wrote in last night speculating that a recent flight path change was causing the increased decibel levels from above and forwarded a similar complaint thread from the Oakhurst Message Board, which gave the number to call to report issues with plane noise.

THE ATLANTA DEPT OF AVIATION: 770-43-NOISE OR 770-436-6473

But don’t get your hopes up on hearing those crickets anytime soon. Here’s the experience of another local writing on the message board…

I have noticed this (East Lake) and I called the Airport. They told me if I wanted peace and quiet, I should move to Colorado or Montana. Yeah – I’m serious.