>>>You can’t start the car until 10 a.m. due to the noise restrictions with all these newly built mc-mansions that surround the place and the naïve people that bought them. So, it’s a good opportunity to catch up on my blog<<<

Hey, I didn't know there was a Drag Strip down the street - poor babies!

Homeowners should realize whats around them before they buy a house... Jr Drags were kicked out of Pomona because they made too much noise (if you have ever heard a Jr you would know they sound like bees)... My family was being sued by a neighbor behind us for starting the Jrs in the middle of the day... He also sued us because our trailer blocked the view of our own backyard... He died before any action was taken (God doesn't let people mess with racing, lol)...

If I am not mistaken I have heard of tracks being shut down because homes get closer and closer and then they expect the track to do away... any specific details out there??

CJ Curtsinger

I love how rich snobs (that's what these people are, you know the type, they buy a million dollar house and a $80K luxury car than complain about the price of a $2 item at the supermarket) don't investigate the neighborhood and then *****
about the track. I mean really, what is E-town known for? THE RACE TRACK!

ETA: Those houses aren't even that nice, they are big but they have no property, why buy a big house if you can reach out your window and grab your neighbor's toothpaste?

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thats how they can afford those houses, they don't have to buy toothpaste




it really pisses me off when people move into a neighborhood or town and then want it to change to the way they want.

If its a factory, race track, mall or garbage dump if it was there before you then shut up or don't move there

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Whit's humor is right on about the homeowners!! Name a drag race track, and most in LA were forced to sell by the "new" neighbors standards or driven out by city property taxes.
Kennedale Dragway in south DFW has been under attack by "new" homeowners, and the infamous Green Valley fell to urban sprawl as well.

I'm still glad Billy built his place way out there in nowhere land.
RO

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This is a bit off topic but has the same results.

In SoCal Knotts Berry Farm (which has been there since dirt was invented) is under the gun again for the new coaster built in camp snoopy.

Knotts now gives the surrounding homeowners free passes to the parks in hopes to keep them at bay.


As for the homes being so close you could slap your neighbor for snoring too loud come to SoCal You could slap him and his wife snoring next to him.


There should be a law against stupid.

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Seattle has restrictions because of a housing tract built right next to the entry road. The houses are looking run-down already...obviously not that well built. But, they forced the track to make changes.

We're lucky here in So. Oregon. Our track is in a dedicated "noise" area. There's an oval track, drag strip, cage cart track & go-cart track. None can ever be shut down for noise. They can close for terrible management though, which is what we're afraid of at the drag strip.

They closed OCIR to put up big buildings, but found out the water table was too high and had to settle for 1-2 stories instead. Irwindale was closed because the city of Irwindale wanted the tax dollars from a Miller Brewery on the site. Fremont was closed, I think, for noise and now they can't do a darn thing with the land. Salt water table way too high for the golf course they wanted and auto dealerships further up the road all failed. Serves them right for closing the place!

Unfortunately it's not the same up north here in Portland. We've got the same type of idiots that moved in by PIR and now ***** and whine about the noise. Nevermind the fact that the jets taking off from PDX make just as much, or more, noise than the cars and bikes at the track.

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Pat
This is not true at all... I don't have time right now to go look up the past thread on Fremont because I would never remember the name of it... But it was an endangered frog or snake they found that put an end to the plans of industrial buildings or a shopping mall... Noise had absolutly nothing to do with it's demise though... I'm just going to leave it at that, until I can find the post... I linked an attachment about the whole deal on that other thread as well as to who, what and why that place will always be a great memory for me and many others... But will remain a huge lake bed for a very long time...

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Pat
This is only part of the reason... Sorry the for lack of time to go back and look right now... But it is still vacant because of some sort of endangered sea snake, or frog... That they found AFTER tearing the place down...

Have you ever seen a car come apart like this?

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If old bridge raceway park were ever replaced by houses, the tax increase needed to provide the services (mainly education) for all the kids living in those houses would probably drive down the prices of those mcmansions a lot more than the absence of noise would drive them up. And I think the people in Englishtown know that.

Airports and Air Bases are affected. Housing is allowed by the county/city to build in line with the runways and after awhile the airports/air bases are run out of the area. The counties need to provide a moritorium to keep the housing out of the area. To much politics on the builders side.

MONEY........Politics are just a scratch on the surface its all about how much money will it bring the city/county.

Racetrack = $$

Houses = $$$$$$$

Its a shame some people/companies have to be so greedy.

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aka: Cymon Sez

Remember Lions Dragstrip, I think that too was killed by people with a noise problem.