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minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoWhere did they buy neighborhoods to bulldoze them?
minus-squareZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoHere’s one example: https://www.networkworld.com/article/2071209/data-center-provider-razes-55-homes-to-make-room-for-illinois-campus.html There’s also Itasca in Illinois https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/unnamed-data-center-developer-acquires-14-acres-in-itasca-area-of-chicago-illinois/ I bet you can find more
minus-squareMiddleAgesModem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days ago They reportedly paid an average of around $950,000 per house — which was significantly above what that land would have been worth as residential Why are you trying to make it seem like the homeowners have been screwed over? It makes no fucking sense.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 days agoThere is a reason they all sold. But that it is happening is still crazy. As if there is no empty space anywhere?
minus-squareMiddleAgesModem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoIt doesn’t matter. They didn’t hold a gun to anyone’s head. It’s hard to imagine anyone being dumb enough to not realizer what a gift that is. What’s crazy is people acting like this is some kind conspiracy that screwed over the homeowners, who made out like bandits.
Where did they buy neighborhoods to bulldoze them?
Here’s one example:
https://www.networkworld.com/article/2071209/data-center-provider-razes-55-homes-to-make-room-for-illinois-campus.html
There’s also Itasca in Illinois
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/unnamed-data-center-developer-acquires-14-acres-in-itasca-area-of-chicago-illinois/
I bet you can find more
Why are you trying to make it seem like the homeowners have been screwed over? It makes no fucking sense.
There is a reason they all sold. But that it is happening is still crazy. As if there is no empty space anywhere?
It doesn’t matter. They didn’t hold a gun to anyone’s head. It’s hard to imagine anyone being dumb enough to not realizer what a gift that is.
What’s crazy is people acting like this is some kind conspiracy that screwed over the homeowners, who made out like bandits.