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In the tight-knit community of Bloomington, 60 miles east of Los Angeles, locals have fought for years to protect their land, homes and health against the warehouse boom which is sweeping America.
They have anxiously watched surrounding ranches and farmland become gobbled up by sprawling industrial complexes, home to business behemoths like Amazon.
But it feels like they're fighting a losing battle. Soon, despite overwhelming local opposition, Bloomington's elementary school and hundreds of homes will be demolished to make way for a 213-acre business park, one of the area's biggest warehouse projects to date.
'We thought that through community engagement we could stop this,' said one member of the Concerned Neighbors of Bloomington action group. 'It's an industrial project put in the middle of a neighborhood.'
The saga typifies how the surge in warehouse space across America has come at the expense of local communities which must deal with downsides from truck traffic and pollution to the loss of agricultural land.
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发表于 2024-7-6 08:03