[filoleg]

Yeah, it seems to be very regional. Here is my personal experience over the past year.

In downtown Seattle/SLU area (aka "Amazon rainforest", due to that whole area having a very heavy concentration of Amazon offices), most packages take around 2 days. In Atlanta area (midtown and closeby sorta-suburban areas like Little Five and Edgewood), most packages take between same-day to 1-2 days (usually a bit less time than in Seattle). In NYC (Manhattan specifically), it takes 3-4 days (am yet to find a single item on amazon that has a delivery estimate less than that for this area).

I bet it has something to do with distribution centers/warehouses/last-mile delivery infrastructure. But that difference in delivery times between those three regions seems to be pretty consistent, from what I've observed so far in 2022.

[olyjohn]

If you're in Seattle, you're probably getting packages from like Kent or Everett. I don't see how they could afford a warehouse anywhere near the city.

[filoleg]

Yep, it is usually Kent, you are entirely correct :)

[coredog64]

With the price of real estate in Kent I’m shocked that there’s an FC there.

[filoleg]

Just a guess - residential real estate pricing and commercial/industrial real estate pricing are not following the same trends.

The reason residential real estate keeps going up is partially due to zoning laws being out of wack on west coast. So just because the price of residential real estate in Kent keeps getting crazier, that doesn't mean the industrial one does as much.