Zoning guidance generally prohibits land use near an airport that has a high density of people, precisely to limit casualties during an event like this. Industrial would be permitted while residential and commercial use is not.
Scarily there are communities that have ignored such logic and permitted dense residential development right next to an airport.
>How many lives do the man hours spent commuting, or toiling away to afford higher rents waste?
Zero.
Not every man’s hour is equal.
> Zoning guidance generally prohibits land use near an airport that has a high density of people
Queens, NY has entered the chat…
>Queens, NY has entered the chat…
You’re correct, but at least LaGuardia airport generally has takeoffs over water.
LaGuardia aircraft landings may happen over dense apartment buildings, but less likely for catastrophic damage (glide path, less fuel, engines are <10% throttle, etc)
Some of the larger townships in Cape Town are right in the flight path too. Not many white people there either.
You can always come up with some pretext to justify things by igoring the other side of the equation.
How many lives do the man hours spent commuting, or toiling away to afford higher rents waste?