“”and many residents advocate closing the airport, citing” a desire for their house prices to go up.”
Step 1: Buy house at depressed price.
Step 2: Lobby for airport closure.
When the airport closes, what will replace it?
It should be turned over to developers to build businesses and homes, but the neighbors will fight that because they don't want the increased traffic.
In the past they would want a park put there, which would be a net tax spender rather than generator, but because of the homeless problem, they won't want a 24/7 open drug market near their homes.