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Amazon Delivery Drones Overwhelm Texas Suburb

Original: It’s Raining Boxes: Amazon Drones Overwhelm a Texas Suburb

Amazon has expanded its drone delivery operations in Richardson, Texas, where Prime Air drones now drop packages quickly to customers. But residents complain the constant buzzing and whirring overhead is disrupting daily life, with some saying the noise makes their homes unbearable. The tensions highlight growing friction as rapid drone delivery scales up in American suburbs.

Why now: Residents' complaints about relentless drone noise in Richardson have drawn fresh attention to the downsides of Amazon's expanding drone delivery program.

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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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