I’m in a rural area in New England. There are multiple Amazon warehouses within 20 miles (25 minutes driving) and more than a dozen sighing 40 miles - including

I’m in a rural area in New England. There are multiple Amazon warehouses within 20 miles (25 minutes driving) and more than a dozen sighing 40 miles - including a major Amazon air freight hub in Hartford. Shipping times for most items are 7-9 days. It’s worse at the university next town over where it’s 8-10 days plus an extra day for the university. We’ve found that we can ship to an Amazon drop point at a gas station a town over and get 5-7 days. In contrast, shipping stuff to family in major metro areas has been usually 3-5 days, but with breakage cases of 2+ weeks. We ordered a bunch of stuff from Target and got it next day. Neither Amazon nor Target regularly run their own delivery vans to my town (technically part of my town gets Amazon vans one day a week). Also, McMaster Carr still gets me stuff in 2-3 days. Gotta prioritize.