Keeping up with the Joneses Pt 2
Friday, 2nd December 2005 by James Turnbull
You might remember the communities where to be part of the "in" crowd is to have your own tennis court. That's all very well but in Cielo Dorado Estates you need your own plane! There's a private runway running right though the centre of the community which is shared by all the residents. The community website has annotated maps and ground level photos. It looks like there might still be a couple of plots of land available, if you're interested 😀
Perhaps you'd prefer Denver to New Mexico? No problem, they've got a similar setup. Most of the houses in these areas have large hangars to house their planes, but the odd one is parked outside.
But what about those houses which aren't directly on the runway (like this one in another community in Dallas)? That's no problem as the connecting roads are extra-wide to accommodate you driving your plane down to the runway for your Sunday afternoon flights.
Thanks: Myke Westover, BlueTypewriter & Mousky
There’s one of these out in the suburbs of Chicago across the interstate from I work too:
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I ate a big red candle.
a little to the left is this wierd residential area if you look at it too long it gives you a headache
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An airstrip sounds kind of annoying. Is there a limit on number of trips per house per day or ban on usage after a certain hours?
This whole thing’s your little hoax, right? No one’s REALLY stupid enough to build and live in houses right alongside an airstrip, are they? That’s what I thought. Haw haw, good prank!
I grew up on one of these: Mid-Valley Air Park in Los Lunas, NM. There weren’t any restrictions on flight times — you got used to the planes pretty quickly. And with the state’s main north/south railroad line twenty yards west of the runway, the trains were a lot louder!
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Smuggle drugs much? The one in New mexico is right next to the borders of Texas and regular Mexico.
Cameron Park, CA, where you can drive to work in your plane.
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