The merchants would very quickly learn where all that money came from!
A local group living near Oceana Naval Air Station was formed to fight jet noise – they call themselves Citizens Concerned About Jet Noise. This bunch of idiots moved near a major jet fighter base and started complaining about the noise. I call them idiots because – what did they expect? The base has been there a long, long time.
They raised so much ruckus that the BRAC decided to put Oceana on its hit list. Now people are starting to realize how much money the Navy pumps into the local economy and people are running scared. BRAC told them to either demolish homes in the noise area / crash zone or the jets leave.