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OscarOrr t1_j7hzn8j wrote

Where do I sign up to resist

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charons-voyage t1_j7ia9po wrote

Wow I had no idea HAFB and Hanscom air field were different. I always assumed that whole area serviced military planes. Interesting. Well hopefully this doesn’t get built.

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PabloX68 t1_j7ih1bc wrote

You don't seem to be very familiar with the communities of Lincoln, Bedford, Lexington, and Concord. Those are exactly the rich people who would benefit, with the Netjets subscriptions, etc.

Hanscom has a poor record on water because of the Air Force, not the private air side.

I say expand because Logan sucks. What about the environmental impact of all the traffic stopped on 93 trying to get in there?

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DPC128 t1_j7iik76 wrote

This is great! There isn’t much over there in that part of the airport, and they definitely need more hangars.

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Boston1_ t1_j7ijaj2 wrote

It’s not really open land. Its a superfund site and former Air Force trailer park that would be used. Not like they’re tearing down a forest to build this.

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walterbernardjr t1_j7ivznf wrote

It would be incredibly convenient if there was some commercial traffic out of Hanscom

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mshelikoff t1_j7k5753 wrote

The heritage of New England systemic racial and class injustice dictates that communities near Logan Airport must be the ones who suffer from the environmental impacts of air traffic because the poor minorities who are more likely to live there are less likely to use air transport than the residents of Lincoln, Bedford, Lexington, and Concord.

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PabloX68 t1_j7kbhvg wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,740,317)

Everyone who lives in those towns moved in knowing there's an Air Force base there. They used to have regular air shows and I toured a C17 there about 20 years ago.

If you moved in and didn't do your research, don't expect sympathy.

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somegridplayer t1_j7kdyqe wrote

>increase potential for water contamination (for which Hanscom has a poor record)

So /u/Eniminimynimoe, why don't you explain how this is going to happen?

>and pose an extra burden on environmental justice communities.

Because they do so much now other than write posts like this and block traffic?

>The benefits go mainly to private companies and wealthy individuals, not the surrounding communities of Lincoln, Bedford, Lexington, and Concord.

Uh, aren't those where the wealthy individuals live? And spend their money? Any pay taxes? Looks like it has great benefits.

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p53lifraumeni t1_j7kedfs wrote

Exactly what we need. Private jet traffic and pollution in a national heritage site.

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BostonUrbEx t1_j7klgba wrote

Move Logan to Hanscom, extend the Red Line there, revert the current Logan to half housing and half salt-marsh, and convert the Ted Williams/Silver Line to rail.

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OscarOrr t1_j7kmrv2 wrote

Replying to AccuracyVsPrecision (#1,741,877)

When I moved to Concord aviation movements out of Hanscom were few and far between and mostly small private prop planes. Now I have planes over my house at about 1500 feet at alll times of the day a couple of weeks ago a Delta charter 757 took off at 2:45 AM. that’s the issue

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Cheap_Coffee t1_j7kpm4l wrote

>environmental justice communities.

What, pray tell, is an "environmental justice community."

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BillWeld t1_j7kq5ks wrote

Replying to walterbernardjr (#1,740,827)

I’m torn. It would be awesome to be able to avoid Logan but we live under one of the approaches to Hanscom. We get a lot traffic descending through 3000 feet, which I kind of enjoy actually, but big jets, maybe not. It would certainly change the character of neighborhoods near the ends of the runways. Otoh, the base used to be so active that neighbors had to clean soot off their houses. That was when most military traffic was prop driven.

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Boston1_ t1_j7l01fc wrote

Replying to walterbernardjr (#1,740,827)

These Concord NIMBY’s have been fighting for years but the feds keep siding with the airport. Shuttle America in the late 90’s early 2000’s was awesome. I flew out of Hanscom with my family on vacation back then…

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CLS4L t1_j7l8o74 wrote

What about Devans is already polluted

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