HOW LOW CAN BLUE CITIES SINK? [merged threads]

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,370]

https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/target-expands-locked-merchandise-cases-hit-back-shoplifting

[Boiler 45,507]

This is progress

 

 

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Compatible threads have been merged.

Edited April 28, 2023 by TBoneTX

[Dashinka 24,495]

6 hours ago, Boiler said:

This is progress

 

 

So the next thing we will hear is how racist Target is.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

19 hours ago, Dashinka said:

So the next thing we will hear is how racist Target is.

The mind-blowing part is that a lot of people will sincerely conclude this.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

More about the closure of that Whole Foods in San Francisco (plus Nordstrom closes two SF stores)

 

Sunday the NY Times offered a more realistic picture of why the store closed.  You tell me if this sounds more like a poor sales problem or an apocalyptic doomscape problem.  [...]

 

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/05/02/more-about-the-closure-of-that-whole-foods-in-san-francisco-plus-nordstrom-closes-two-sf-stores-n547864

[Boiler 45,507]

I think it is likely that sales were low, but the volume of stock going through the location remained high.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

14 minutes ago, Boiler said:

sales were low, but the volume of stock going through the location remained high

Could this be said any more diplomatically?   

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Retail exodus: Another major chain announces store closure in San Francisco

 

[...] yet another retailer also announced they were closing a major downtown location yesterday.  [...]

 

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/05/03/retail-exodus-another-major-chain-announces-store-closure-in-san-francisco-n548235

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Portland authorities can't even handle a vicious dog

 

I've written many times about homeless people and thieves who cycle through the justice system and the medical system until they do something really awful and finally wind up in jail for more than a few hours.  But I've never seen the same pathetic cycle happen with a dog.  [...]

 

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/05/03/portland-authorities-cant-even-handle-a-vicious-dog-n548285

[Dashinka 24,495]

On 5/2/2023 at 8:19 PM, Boiler said:

I think it is likely that sales were low, but the volume of stock going through the location remained high.

Which of course is a bad sign.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

At least there's hope somewhere.

The Zone:  One of the largest homeless camps in the nation will be cleared after a lawsuit

 

The Zone is the name given to a homeless camp in Phoenix which holds somewhere between 900 and 1,100 people.  It had completely taken over the area near Joe Faillace's sandwich shop, Old Station Sub Shop.  The place has been in the same location for 37 years but the growing homeless camp has created endless daily problems.  [...]

 

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/05/08/auto-draft-124-n549418

[Boiler 45,507]

A Downtown San Francisco Target store sees at least 10 thefts a day, according to employees, who said products from cereal to nail polish and aluminum foil are regularly taken.

It comes as the city deals with the impending loss of two nearby Nordstrom stores closing due to "unsafe conditions" and the recent news of Whole Foods shutting down at Market and Eighth streets.

"I'd say 10 thefts a day," said one worker at the Target inside the Metreon, a mall near San Francisco's Union Square. The worker spoke on the condition of anonymity because they did not have permission from a supervisor to talk to the press.

"Every 10 minutes you see it," another worker said who also did not wish to be named. "Look in some corner of the store, and you'll see people shoveling stuff into a bag—food, cosmetics."

https://sfstandard.com/criminal-justice/every-10-minutes-downtown-san-francisco-target-sees-10-thefts-a-day/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

[TBoneTX 45,288]

3 hours ago, Boiler said:

aluminum foil

This is expensive but hard to carry.  Good thing that California outlawed those puny plastic bags, because the thieves can bring their own reusable bags.

[Boiler 45,507]

Not-for-profit leader reports homeless vets were displaced to make room for migrants

 

https://midhudsonnews.com/2023/05/13/not-for-profit-leader-reports-homeless-vets-were-displaced-to-make-room-for-migrants/