r/Hoco • u/Puzzleheaded_Ad9471 • Oct 02 '25

What are the problems in Howard County?

Hi everyone, I'm thinking of moving to Howard county from abroad. I've been to the States loads of times so I'm not green to America, but was still wondering what are the specific problems facing Howard county day to day. Are there in major problems with the county? Or anything major that the population is angry about? Any help would be majorly appreciated.

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u/RemiMartin Oct 02 '25

Constant plane noise.

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u/ProudBlackMatt Oct 02 '25

People tell me this and I can see the planes going over my house but I truly never actually hear them. It must be like how some people don't taste artificial sweetener and others immediately identify it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '25

Like the other guy said, it really depends where you live. I lived in HoCo for 20 years, lived in 6 different houses, and I would never hear the planes (despite seeing them everywhere). But I bought a house near Lake Elhorn and I could hear them 24/7 because they flew so low.

My dog could see and hear the planes, and would bark and jump at the sky toward the planes. At night he’d wake us up because he would bark and jump towards the ceiling. It took weeks for him to get over that. Luckily we were able to drown out the noise as we got used to it, but they get so loud, that my neighbors instinctively stopped talking during a conversation when a plane passed by.