Rural new development area near railway tracks or flight path

Mh well I actually recommended plot 2. I myself neither live by a landfill nor by the railroad. I live in our village on the main street. Before that in a dead-end street completely surrounded by fields. You really couldn’t hear anything there. In everyday life I currently don’t notice the cars. I didn’t have to get used to it either. And I’m not sugarcoating it. We consciously decided to take the house. We didn’t have to. At night, however, I don’t leave the windows open to the street. The individual cars do bother then. In the garden at the back, personally, I hardly hear any traffic.

I live in our village on the main street. At night, however, I don't leave the windows open towards the street. The individual cars do disturb there.

Ha! So it is after all! You're biased!

But seriously now... I can't conscientiously recommend either to anyone.
As I said, if he HAS TO, then you have to look further. But I absolutely see no MUST with the OP here. Rather a WANT to have it now!

No, subjective. Just like you. And everyone else here. As I said, I have already lived absolutely quietly. The neighbor’s moped bothered me back then, too. Now I only notice the typical hooligans with the straight pipes as exhausts.

I have also lived on a main road in a city with 60,000 inhabitants. THAT was hell with the trucks, etc.

I can’t assess a railway 300m away with buildings. But that’s not what the OP is asking about. He’s asking about either/or. And I’m for or.

The thing with "testing noise" is already a good idea. However, it's not just about "disturbing," but also about health. People react very differently to that. It is difficult to try out and must be taken very seriously. On paper, the railway (S- and regional trains) seems more residential-friendly compared to a sports airfield. I assume that some property interested parties are also searching further on their own at the same time. That option is open to you as well.

wow, I didn’t expect so much feedback. Nothing has been bought yet and the second plot of land has to be definitely purchased in mid/end of next year. The background is that we have been looking for 3 years already and we have a wonderful 18-month-old son, and we want to have a second one as well. We live very cheaply through acquaintances but the space is slowly getting tight and that doesn’t promote living together. It’s not perfect, neither of the two... but for a perfect location we would have to put another 20k on the 30-40k more expensive plot (1 but more central in the city). At some point there are financial limits and I don’t want to pay it off until I’m 70, you also want to live. I certainly won’t be able to afford the perfect piece of land, so I will have to make compromises and I just have to weigh them.

I also live in the city - and just measured on Google Earth. From our house to the railway line (S-Bahn and freight trains) it is 250m. However, the area is completely built up with two-story buildings. We don’t really notice the railway line. At night with the window open you can hear the trains quietly, but thanks to controlled residential ventilation, this doesn’t really happen often. The visual flight approach route (i.e. Cessna and co.) from Nuremberg Airport goes directly over the house. You can hear them, but there are very few. My daughter (2) is always happy about the rescue helicopter, which usually flies quite low and flashes so nicely [emoji]. I am a glider pilot myself - if you tell me the airfield, I can check how large the local club is and whether it is more gliding or powered flight. My parents live about 4.5 km northeast of a compost yard. You can perceive a slight smell on about 3-5 days a year. A school friend of mine lived 3 km east, and there the smell was noticeably more frequent and sometimes quite strong. In Germany, our main wind directions are EAST and WEST, with west wind dominating at about 60% and often being stronger than east wind. Especially in stronger wind conditions, northwest is also clearly more likely than southwest. Pure north wind is relatively rare; pure south wind occurs in southern Germany during Föhn.