rjsa wrote:It's the end of the rock concerts era also?
And I guess jet propelled air transportation is also facig it's dusk.
Sorry, bit I don't believe that. Most of times, people will be faced with the fact that they moved close to previously distant, low populated and occasionally noisy areas and it's not their right to complain afterwards.
Erm, that's exactly what people are doing actually. They're CONSTANTLY moving near airports, and then demanding cerfews be placed on when heavy jets can fly.
That is in fact one of the primary concerns in modern heavy jet design, right behind fuel consumption. The US Navy moved it's Fighter Weapons School (remember "Top Gun"?) from outside San Diego to the middle of effin nowhere Nevada. The locals have complained about the noise for decades, and even in a post 9/11 world it turns out they'd rather have their protection a couple hundred miles away.
Across the globe, aircraft are required to fly over parks and low density populations, sometimes resulting in detours of hundreds of miles.
The huge stadium concerts of 20 years ago aren't even happening all that much anymore, and when they do they tend to take place in industrial neighborhoods where noise polution is much less of an issue.
And keep in mind that the vast majority of world population thinks auto racing, all forms of auto racing, is a silly waste of time and money. But please don't take my word for this. Look it up for yourself. How many tracks have closed in the last 50 years, vs. how many new ones have opened. And sure, in many cases it's some other issue cited for the closure, usually finance, but also keep in mind that if the track had been considered of any value to the local populace they might have lifted a finger to save it.
Most auto racing fans seem to live in a fantasy land where of course racing will be here forever. Most of the rest of the world thinks we're a bunch of silly nitwits. As long as we don't intrude on thier lives then fine, but as soon as we do there's bound to be trouble. Racing tracks are considered vastly more anoying than airports. People don't like the noise of either, but they REALLY don't like the noise of race engines. That high pitched scream you're so in love with? That's not a universal love.