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Amazon is putting in a new warehouse near where I live. They bought up farm land and are converting into a crazy large building that spans the distance between

Amazon is putting in a new warehouse near where I live. They bought up farm land and are converting into a crazy large building that spans the distance between to major roads. Its going to impact traffic on both of those roads, construction already has. We'll probably need a bigger bridge on one of those roads too. It will also have a huge parking lot for the people that will work there. This building is bigger than Walmart, Dicks, and Home Depot combined. I don't see how this is an improvement, just another big addition.

plandis 5y ago
The contractors are not economically benefitting? Some Amazon customers won’t benefit from faster shipping? New employees won’t benefit from the added jobs? The local government won’t benefit from the added tax revenue?
- annoyingnoob 5y ago
  I was commenting on the parent comment about Amazon being 'better'. I'm arguing that its just different than, and in addition to, brick and mortar stores. Not clear that its any 'better' for whatever a measure of 'better' is.
gruez 5y ago
>Its going to impact traffic on both of those roads, construction already has. You think that big box stores and/or malls don't impact traffic on nearby roads?
- annoyingnoob 5y ago
  Right, so how is the Amazon warehouse better?
  - gruez 5y ago
    Because each vehicle at the amazon warehouse delivers to dozens of customers.
    - annoyingnoob 5y ago
      With less efficient vehicles. If I order 10 things from Amazon its guaranteed to come in more than one box on more than one trip. If I drive to Target I can buy all of those things in one trip.
      - gruez 5y ago
        >With less efficient vehicles It's less efficient, but not by much. The most popular passenger vehicle that's not a truck is the toyota rav 4[1], which gets 30 mpg[2]. A ford transit connect gets 22[3]. Using those figures, an amazon van that delivers to at least 2 houses in a suburb probably spends less fuel than those two households driving directly to a store. Even if they make separate deliveries, it will probably be worth it.
        annoyingnoob 5y ago
        The Sprinter type vans that Amazon uses in my area get closer to 18 mpg. And they have some that are just like the UPS trucks, big and boxy in Amazon blue - no doubt these are much worse.

plandis 5y ago

The contractors are not economically benefitting? Some Amazon customers won’t benefit from faster shipping? New employees won’t benefit from the added jobs? The local government won’t benefit from the added tax revenue?

annoyingnoob 5y ago
I was commenting on the parent comment about Amazon being 'better'. I'm arguing that its just different than, and in addition to, brick and mortar stores. Not clear that its any 'better' for whatever a measure of 'better' is.

gruez 5y ago

>Its going to impact traffic on both of those roads, construction already has. You think that big box stores and/or malls don't impact traffic on nearby roads?

annoyingnoob 5y ago
Right, so how is the Amazon warehouse better?
- gruez 5y ago
  Because each vehicle at the amazon warehouse delivers to dozens of customers.
  - annoyingnoob 5y ago
    With less efficient vehicles. If I order 10 things from Amazon its guaranteed to come in more than one box on more than one trip. If I drive to Target I can buy all of those things in one trip.
    - gruez 5y ago
      >With less efficient vehicles It's less efficient, but not by much. The most popular passenger vehicle that's not a truck is the toyota rav 4[1], which gets 30 mpg[2]. A ford transit connect gets 22[3]. Using those figures, an amazon van that delivers to at least 2 houses in a suburb probably spends less fuel than those two households driving directly to a store. Even if they make separate deliveries, it will probably be worth it.
      - annoyingnoob 5y ago
        The Sprinter type vans that Amazon uses in my area get closer to 18 mpg. And they have some that are just like the UPS trucks, big and boxy in Amazon blue - no doubt these are much worse.