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Re:Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across... by Dyac on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @04:47PM (#31745841)
How is this really that different from city centre multi use buildings where there are stores on the ground floor and living space on the upper floors? Especially if some of those are served by gig-economy delivery couriers.

Those stores get stocked somehow- usually not by semis.

Re:Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across... by hetspookjee on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @05:03PM (#31746057)
I think you underestimate the traffic a warehouse gets versus stores in the ground. Also recently in the Netherlands they’ve decided that the 10min delivery grocery stores are actually distribution centres and are no longer allowed to set up shop in the housing areas, because of the excessive amount of truck traffic.
Re:Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across... by spockz on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @05:30PM (#31746332)
It wasn’t the truck traffic only. It was also the activity at all hours. Plus the deliverers on their bikes making lots of noise. Plus these stores being boarded off or closed becoming very ugly and shady.
Re:Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across... by yread on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @06:31PM (#31746854)
Plus bored drivers being a noisy nuisance and starting fights with residents
Re:Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across... by mschuster91 on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @02:55AM (#31749920)
That should be a matter for local government regulation or workplace safety authorities - a company should not be able to not provide adequate break rooms for their staff.
Re:Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across... by asdff on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @02:02AM (#31749614)
It probably wouldn't be a full amazon warehouse. It would probably be no more traffic than having a Target on the ground floor of your apartment, which is increasingly a common thing.
Re:Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across... by MichaelZuo on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @11:07PM (#31748681)
The most charitable reading of your comment implies you’ve never visited a large scale warehouse and/or mixed used buildings.

Surely you don’t actually believe the lack of a difference?

Re:Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across... by Spooky23 on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @05:41PM (#31746430)
A distribution center generates hundreds of truck trips a day. A good sized supermarket generates ~15 a week, but may vary based on the company and methodology.