You’re not understanding
Atlanta demographics are wholly different
Merlo mall was robbers
The exact crime happened here recently too....Nashville....Green Hills mall Nordstrom’s
They robbed Louis Vuitton ...a brand blacks have ruined btw
Atlanta is suffering systemic breakdown not sporadic robberies
Way different
Menlo Park is. Far and away white Latino and Asian
Atlanta proper is 60% black.....although white hipster youth moving in has bounced back some white population
Truth is anywhere in the country the demographics are this bad or worse it doesn’t matter which party runs it
It fubar compared to more white cities....
It’s just how it goes...high percentage Asian fare ok...it’s what keeps LA going
Hispanic majorities do ok....depends on which Hispanics to a large degree
I’m understanding perfectly well. These problems start off small and infrequent and grow and grow because nobody stops them. All of those shopping centers you described were once healthy and had good clienteles (add the Mall of America in Minneapolis and the King of Prussian Mall in PA, too). Then the yutes start showing up on trains and busses and, over a period of years an irreversible decline starts.
There is East Menlo Park which has similar demographics to East Palo Alto. Both are on the east side of 101. They aren’t as rough as they were 20 or 30 years ago, but still have a certain “element” to them. Yeah, that element doesn’t shop at Stanford Shopping Center, but it’s a short trip for the yutes.
Back in the late 70s and early 80s, we lived in midtown Palo Alto. Even then the criminals came to Palo Alto to get the good stuff. After the fifth burglary of our vehicles, we called it quits and moved out.
All I’m saying is the first stages of systemic breakdown are starting to happen here and the two cities will have zero courage to put a stop to it.