The city has become so noisy: hundreds of people form a human chain to help a bookstore

When a store in a small town with a population of less than 6,000 people planned to move, about 300 locals formed a "book brigade." They filled the streets, standing in two lines right along the sidewalk.

In the American city of Chelsea, which is 95 kilometers west of Detroit (Michigan), there is a bookstore that opened back in 1997. The town is small, its population is only about 5,300 people. Locals say that in this place it is customary to help neighbors.

When the store planned to move, a small community united to help. Chelsea residents of all ages formed a human chain. In this way, people moved each of the 9,100 books to the new location - they simply passed them from hand to hand one by one.

Those who wanted to help were called the "book brigade," it numbered about 300 people. People stood in two lines along the sidewalk right in the center of the city. Instead of relaxing on Sunday, they donated books. Each book was sent in a human chain directly from the old Serendipity Books location to the shelves in the new building. The books made their way down the block and back to Main Street.

"It was a hands-on way to move books, but it was also a way for everyone to pitch in. When people passed books, they would say, 'I haven't read that one,' and 'that's a good one,'" said owner Michelle Taplin.

With the help of locals, she said, the move took less than two hours. If the bookstore had hired a moving company to pack, transport, and unpack the books, it would have taken much longer. People even arranged the books in alphabetical order on the new shelves.