Portland Demonstrates Why Big Blue Cities Suck and Collapse on Themselves

[SackMan518]

 

In the face of current events, online liberals are hysterically denying that Portland has a shoplifting problem. The latest controversy began when Local Fox 12 Oregon ran a story last week headlined, “All Portland Walmart Stores To Permanently Close In Late March.” The Fox headline was a little understated; the U.S. Sun reported the same story with this headline: “Walmart To Close All Stores In One City Due To Record-Breaking Rise In Theft During US Retail Bloodbath.”

So which is it?

Both stories reported that Walmart announced the last two Walmart stores within Portland’s city limits will close in late March. Leftists online have been quick to argue that there’s nothing to see here, it’s just a bad economy, it’s has nothing to do with Portland’s liberal no-bail policies and non-prosecution of “social crimes” that incentivize consequence-free shoplifting.

It’s social justice and equity for all.

That sounds nice and all, and their goofy claims about economic conditions might have obscured the argument, making it hard to tell what actually caused the closures. But any questions were resolved by a December 22nd Business Insider story headlined, “Walmart CEO Warns Company Will Close Stores If Theft Doesn’t Slow Down.”

That seems pretty clear. It was just a couple months ago.

And in case any more evidence was needed, it was easy to find other examples. Just yesterday, the Sun ran a completely separate story headlined, “SHOPLIFTING SCOURGE Beloved clothing store shutters for good during ‘retail apocalypse’ after $56,000-worth of designer items stolen.”

The story explained that hopeful entrepreneur Tamara Young expanded to a second location of her shop “Consign Couture” in a high-end shopping mall in Portland, Oregon last March. Tamara thought the mall would be a secure spot to sell her gently-used luxury items.

She was wrong. It’s everywhere now.

In-store surveillance videos show Tamara’s “customers” openly stealing thousand dollar handbags; they didn’t even TRY to hide it. But the videos were useless to Ms. Young, since Portland law enforcement refuses to process these crimes, on the rationale that certain demographic groups steal Louis Vuitton purses out of necessity, rather than from any moral or legal failure.

After losing $56,000 in luxury wares, Ms. Young is pulling the plug. She can’t make money like THAT.

Maybe Portland stores should just start charging an entrance fee, so that shoppers can take whatever they can carry. It’s a shame, all these store closures are going to set Portland’s “15-minute city” goals back some. More and more, “15-minute cities” seems like a way to re-create vanishing businesses by using taxpayers’ money to set up government-run shops in places where the people who live there lack any morals or ethics.

15-minute cities are just a way to transfer wealth from areas where people follow the law into areas where people ignore the law.

That kind of thing can never last, it’s a kind of late-socialism Hail Mary. I suspect Portlanders are about to learn some very tough lessons the hard way. Buckle up, buttercups.

 

[TonyasTaters]

Just now, SackMan518 said:

 

In the face of current events, online liberals are hysterically denying that Portland has a shoplifting problem. The latest controversy began when Local Fox 12 Oregon ran a story last week headlined, “All Portland Walmart Stores To Permanently Close In Late March.” The Fox headline was a little understated; the U.S. Sun reported the same story with this headline: “Walmart To Close All Stores In One City Due To Record-Breaking Rise In Theft During US Retail Bloodbath.”

So which is it?

Both stories reported that Walmart announced the last two Walmart stores within Portland’s city limits will close in late March. Leftists online have been quick to argue that there’s nothing to see here, it’s just a bad economy, it’s has nothing to do with Portland’s liberal no-bail policies and non-prosecution of “social crimes” that incentivize consequence-free shoplifting.

It’s social justice and equity for all.

That sounds nice and all, and their goofy claims about economic conditions might have obscured the argument, making it hard to tell what actually caused the closures. But any questions were resolved by a December 22nd Business Insider story headlined, “Walmart CEO Warns Company Will Close Stores If Theft Doesn’t Slow Down.”

That seems pretty clear. It was just a couple months ago.

And in case any more evidence was needed, it was easy to find other examples. Just yesterday, the Sun ran a completely separate story headlined, “SHOPLIFTING SCOURGE Beloved clothing store shutters for good during ‘retail apocalypse’ after $56,000-worth of designer items stolen.”

The story explained that hopeful entrepreneur Tamara Young expanded to a second location of her shop “Consign Couture” in a high-end shopping mall in Portland, Oregon last March. Tamara thought the mall would be a secure spot to sell her gently-used luxury items.

She was wrong. It’s everywhere now.

In-store surveillance videos show Tamara’s “customers” openly stealing thousand dollar handbags; they didn’t even TRY to hide it. But the videos were useless to Ms. Young, since Portland law enforcement refuses to process these crimes, on the rationale that certain demographic groups steal Louis Vuitton purses out of necessity, rather than from any moral or legal failure.

After losing $56,000 in luxury wares, Ms. Young is pulling the plug. She can’t make money like THAT.

Maybe Portland stores should just start charging an entrance fee, so that shoppers can take whatever they can carry. It’s a shame, all these store closures are going to set Portland’s “15-minute city” goals back some. More and more, “15-minute cities” seems like a way to re-create vanishing businesses by using taxpayers’ money to set up government-run shops in places where the people who live there lack any morals or ethics.

15-minute cities are just a way to transfer wealth from areas where people follow the law into areas where people ignore the law.

That kind of thing can never last, it’s a kind of late-socialism Hail Mary. I suspect Portlanders are about to learn some very tough lessons the hard way. Buckle up, buttercups.

 

I see no post of the Atlanta  cop training facility attack. Why because if you look it's predominantly white people dressed like those on January 6th. Can't blame BLM.

[ICRockets2]

Oh no Walmart is such a great store with a long history of nobody hating it at all what an incalculable loss this shall be

[SackMan518]

Just now, ICRockets2 said:

Oh no Walmart is such a great store with a long history of nobody hating it at all what an incalculable loss this shall be

Well if you're poor and on a budget it's the place to go.

[ICRockets2]

3 minutes ago, TonyasTaters said:

I see no post of the Atlanta  cop training facility attack. Why because if you look it's predominantly white people dressed like those on January 6th. Can't blame BLM.

I saw that, hope they do it every day until they shut down construction for good

[TonyasTaters]

4 minutes ago, ICRockets2 said:

I saw that, hope they do it every day until they shut down construction for good

I disagree... No cops should ever have to deal with any violence. Without cops we have a complete destruction of society. We need cops as the vast majority are hard working members of our community. 

[ICRockets2]

12 minutes ago, TonyasTaters said:

I disagree... No cops should ever have to deal with any violence. Without cops we have a complete destruction of society. We need cops as the vast majority are hard working members of our community. 

LMAO you're such a fucking retard

[TonyasTaters]

4 minutes ago, ICRockets2 said:

LMAO you're such a fucking retard

Just curious what do you do for a living?

[Woody]

More stores will follow.  Now that WalMart is out of the game the crudnicks will have to target other stores. 

 

[HipKat]

26 minutes ago, TonyasTaters said:

Just curious what do you do for a living?

Watches TikTok videos in mom's canning room

[Nuke]

1 hour ago, TonyasTaters said:

Just curious what do you do for a living?

You’re looking at it

 

[SackMan518]

 

[Philly'sFinest]

 

 

 

 

 

I have good friends near Bend, Oregon. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They used to make a trip with friends every year to Portland and handed out backpacks to the homeless. Their son who works in Portland told them to not do this anymore, as it's too dangerous there now.

 

These places are Dem shitholes that they have made and it's now at it's worst.

These cities could be awesome if the right people were in charge of them

[SackMan518]

In a delightful weekend clip, Shark Tank’s “Mr. Wonderful,” Kevin O’Leary explained to dumbfounded CNN anchors that it is now impossible to do any profitable business in the Blue States, calling them “uninvestable”:

You can see from the CNN anchors’ faces that they just aren’t getting it.

[Woody]

57 minutes ago, SackMan518 said:

In a delightful weekend clip, Shark Tank’s “Mr. Wonderful,” Kevin O’Leary explained to dumbfounded CNN anchors that it is now impossible to do any profitable business in the Blue States, calling them “uninvestable” You can see from the CNN anchors’ faces that they just aren’t getting it.

Those goons had that same look when he ripped into SVB.  They think their leftist homo practices are above reproach.  I bet O'Leary's days are numbered at CNN.  

 

[HipKat]

4 hours ago, SackMan518 said:

In a delightful weekend clip, Shark Tank’s “Mr. Wonderful,” Kevin O’Leary explained to dumbfounded CNN anchors that it is now impossible to do any profitable business in the Blue States, calling them “uninvestable”:

You can see from the CNN anchors’ faces that they just aren’t getting it.

Not just Blue states