If aircraft noise can be a problem, why is the airport so close to residential neighborhoods?

 Martha's Vineyard Airport opened in 1942 by the US Navy and was handed over to the County of Dukes County in 1959 as a public airport, and has experienced ebbs and flows in service based on customer demand and cultural changes. A majority of the residential developments around the airport were built long after the airport, and even today, new residential development and redevelopment continue in the surrounding area.