When Amazon Leaves Your Town

Land of the Giants

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Technology, Business

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In 1999, Amazon opened one of its first warehouses in the small town of Coffeyville, Kansas. Fifteen years later, it closed. We visit Coffeyville to learn what Amazon can bring and what it can take away, and what lessons Coffeyville might have for a community that’s just getting started with an Amazon warehouse: Staten Island, New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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