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Of potentially lovely news and hopefully a huge trend.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/15/business/gumps-stor...
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"John Chachas, the owner of luxury department store Gump's San Francisco, wrote an open letter to Governor Newsom, Mayor London Breed, and the city's Board of Supervisors, pleading for them to act on what he describes as the city's worsening downtown conditions.

'Today, as we prepare for our 166th holiday season at 250 Post Street, we fear this may be our last,' Chachas wrote in an open letter, published as a paid ad in the Sunday edition of the San Francisco Chronicle.

Gump's, which sells luxury furnishings and jewelry, was acquired by Chachas after the retailer filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018. The high-end retailer, founded in San Francisco in 1861 and born out of the famed California gold rush, has only one physical location, which is one block from the city's Union Square."

GOOD....the disenfranchised and downtrodden ---are *slowly* figuring out that the good stuff is in affluent Liberal parts of the city.

And in Whole Foods and Yoga Parking lots at night (though I'm still pondering how to get that word out)

People say the news is all bad. I don't think that at all.

BBbbbbut they told us that crime wasn't a thing, and it was all a made up right wing conspiracy theory?

WilsonKnight: GOOD....the disenfranchised and downtrodden ---are *slowly* figuring out that the good stuff is in affluent Liberal parts of the city.

Dope1: BBbbbbut they told us that crime wasn't a thing, and it was all a made up right wing conspiracy theory?


As I wrote in another thread: "A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest."


From the article (posted beneath the subhead, What's behind the city's slump?):

Several factors may have contributed to San Francisco's economic struggles.

The city's tech-heavy workforce embraced remote work in 2020 and has yet to return to the office at the same levels as other major US cities. Office vacancies in the city are at a 30-year high, and many people have permanently left; San Francisco County's population declined by more than 60,000 people from 2020 to 2022, according to US Census estimates.

The decline of in-person work coupled with diminished tourism to San Francisco during the pandemic has translated to shrinking foot traffic in the city's once-bustling downtown retail center.

So, the pandemic and its aftermath are the keys factors for the decline of retail traffic.

Sure, some "attention-grabbing videos of store robberies" are a contributing factor but "violent crime statistics in San Francisco have remained relatively low in recent years".

In fact, by clicking the link in the article, the reader learns that "larceny theft" is down 7.1% from the prior year.


https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/stay-safe/crime...

In fact, by clicking the link in the article, the reader learns that "larceny theft" is down 7.1% from the prior year.

Got it. That explains why all their merchandise is behind glass, locked away or gone because the store is closed.

SOMEhow if a rat dies on the road it's Trump's fault.

But when a city, state, and whole way of life for so long is Liberal it's not their fault.

No worries, hence, I am even more ecstatic about the crime, and I cheer when it hits the greedy affluent white liberals.

Now.....

In addition to Whole Foods and dark Yoga parking lots.....

Someone needs to get the word out that rich, unarmed people have nice cars while they are sitting idle at charging stations.

LOL

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