There's this classic French movie from the 70s, "Nous irons tous au paradis", where a group of friends buy a house really cheap. They can't believe their luck until they realize the house is next to an international airport (they visited the house when the air traffic controllers were on strike).
Here's the scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2aFksnIghQ
It's a little bit absurd of course that they didn't bother to check first, but it kind of works.