Exactly. It's so stupid how cities and states are fighting over who will give the most tax breaks to these distribution centers. They employ very few, they produce all kinds of wear and tear on infrastructure, often infrastructure that needs to be built or expanded to accommodate these buildings and their truck traffic.Highlander wrote: ↑Fri Jun 02, 2023 10:10 amThat's fine with respect to data centers and the technology side of these large logistic parks but a lot of the land ultimately go to distribution centers and warehouses that don't employ all that many people, pay rather poorly and have major sustainability issues. It's crazy that we would subsidize this stuff. A trip around google maps will show a rapid proliferation in the KC area of the massive warehouse culture in the exurbs: https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7764789 ... ?entry=ttu
It's corporate welfare at its worst.
I can kind of see the data centers I guess. But those are popping up as much as warehouses now.
I guess you have to play the game or get nothing, but the highways in MO are outdated and poorly maintained (at least in the KC area). And I'm not sure you really want to build your city around trucks anyway. The highways in metro Indy are getting stupid big just because of the trucks.