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Amazon Drones Bring Noise Complaints to Texas Suburb
Original: It’s Raining Boxes: Amazon Drones Overwhelm a Texas Suburb
Amazon's drone delivery fleet in Richardson, Texas, has scaled up rapidly, dropping packages to residents quickly and often. But the constant drone traffic is generating a backlash: some locals say the noise is relentless and disrupting daily life, with one telling The New York Times, 'We can't live like this.' The story has become a flashpoint in the debate over how much disruption drone logistics is worth.
Why now: A widely read New York Times report on Amazon's noisy drone deliveries has sparked fresh debate about the costs of expanding drone logistics in residential areas.
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- It’s Raining Boxes: Amazon Drones Overwhelm a Texas Suburb · The New York Times
In Richardson, a fleet of drones has started to deliver goods quickly. But the noise is drowning out life for some residents: ‘We can’t live like this.’
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