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by bpodgursky 1856 days ago
Are you seriously arguing that Walgreens leaving SF over rampant shoplifting is natural, healthy outcome?

Literally every sane person agrees this is a symbol of utter dysfunction that should never happen in a functioning city.

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San Francisco neighborhoods did not want mall-like corporate chains at all, a few decades ago. The companies paid for the privelege and prevailed over time. Meanwhile economics changed and left a lot of people out of the benefits, wages for working people stayed even, and the pain-killer drugs and organized crime grew strong. Toxic cocktail to be sure, but SF has always been a cocktail town, from the early days. In some ways The City has reaped what it sowed, socially.
Oh, no, it's terrible.

But government can't secure the Internet like they could physical space, so operating on the Internet is like operating in SF.