Actually Marie, in terms of noise disturbance it does matter where you live. My home of 15 years was at Queens Quay and Robertson Crescent - - on the water facing the water - - about 2 city blocks from the airport runway and I was generally disturbed by airport activity and extremely disturbed by the sound of the helicopters returning to their garage at 2 and 3 am. Couldn't leave my windows open for "fresh" air.

Friends at 250, 260 and 270 Queens Quay hear almost nothing. Similarly other neighbours and friends whose homes face away from the airport or sheltered by a courtyard or even on the north side of Queens Quay are not disturbed by the airport noise. And anyone who is deaf or nearly deaf likely would not be disturbed. But,it's not to say that all visitors and residents, including you, are not regularly bathed in airplane exhaust when outside or breathing fumes as they are sucked into your home through your building's air intake.

A former resident