It would seem that the Dutch are rather sensitive to noise...
When we had an air force, the RAFG Harriers at Wildenrath were moved to Gutersloh, with F-4s moving in to take their place.
Some local German mayor got wind of this and wrote a somewhat pompous note to his Cloggy oppo, just over the border, something along the lines of "The noise of der Phantom vill be much vorse than it voz mit der Harrier! Can ve ask you to help us complain?"
The reply from the Netherlands was quite brief - "Yes, we know that the F-4 is noisier than the Harrier. But we prefer the noise of either to the noise of the Stuka!".
No further correspondence was forthcoming....
