when they made a concious decision to live there in the first place????
I recall talking with the then Boeing aerodromes specialist years ago. His story was along the lines of "the most efficient way to plan for a significant domestic village/town/city development 20 years in the future .. is to plan for a significant airport development 10 years in the future ..."
At least Melbourne (YMEL) was put out in the sticks with planning restrictions in a futile attempt to limit the problem. For the first few years, things were great .. now it's a real bind to meet the various noise requirements.