Ever thought about how rural areas can feel like the forgotten stepchildren of delivery services? Well, Amazon isn’t having any of that! They’ve just decided to splash a whopping $4 billion to make sure that UPS trucks aren’t the only ones making the trek out into the wild where WiFi signals fear to tread.
With this hefty investment, Amazon aims to ramp up its rural delivery network to over 200 delivery stations. That’s right, folks—faster deliveries and new jobs are on the way, and they’re ready to roll faster than your cousin’s pickup truck on a Sunday drive.
They’re not just talking big game here. Amazon plans to triple the size of its rural delivery network by the end of next year! Let’s just hope they can cut down average delivery times faster than it takes for an online order to infuriate you with its “processing” status.
This expansion is predicted to create over 100,000 new jobs—because nothing says “We care” like job creation while slinging packages like a ninja delivering stealthy goods. So if your rural zip code has been feeling neglected like an old, dusty book, Amazon’s about to change that narrative and make sure every corner of America gets its Prime deliveries faster than you can say, “Why is my package always late?”
Could this be the beginning of the end for slow delivery? Hopefully! But in the meantime, let’s keep questioning if prices will go up with the added speed, or if Amazon is just throwing in a bit of rural magic!
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