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This situation is a perfect storm of: * Even post-covid it appears they are getting less customers coming in and buying stuff. * Due to deteriorating ec
by klipklop 3y ago
This situation is a perfect storm of:
* Even post-covid it appears they are getting less customers coming in and buying stuff.
* Due to deteriorating economic conditions more young people are willing to loot the store(s) than in the past. Almost like it's some form of revenge against the current system.
* California, by vote, has softened their position on looting and shoplifting.
We can pretend to be sad about it, but we have all collectively "voted" in many ways to end many forms of retail shopping. You can blame it on local SF politics, but really SF is just 5-10 years ahead of other metro areas. Often what happens in California's largest cities spreads to the rest of the country over time. This means both good and bad trends.
I am not going to apply morality or a political slant to it, but we should evaluate what we want our cities to be like. If city living means high prices, high rate of property crimes and hollowed out empty commercial real estate, who would want to live there?