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[–] 27 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Where did they buy neighborhoods to bulldoze them?

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    There is a reason they all sold. But that it is happening is still crazy. As if there is no empty space anywhere?

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    For example in Illinois:

    The rush to build data centers has become the new Oklahoma land grab, with providers competing for prime real estate. In one instance, a data center provider bought 55 homes only to demolish them to make room for its campus. Stream Data Centers, a Dallas-based provider of colocation and custom data-center construction services, last November purchased 55 homes in a 34-acresubdivision of Elk Grove Village, Illinois. According to published reports (here and here), Stream paid an average of $950,000 for each house.

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