So they’ve learned from their appeasement mistakes and cleared the hell out of Portland .. hopefully it’s a trend that will go nationwide !
The big Walmart in my little town is clean, friendly, and well-stocked, and we’d like to keep it that way.
Want the retailers etc to stay in your area?
Then behave like civilized human beings instead of pilfering entitled savages.
The huge Walmart in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho is like that — very clean, very friendly, nice people, well-stocked (not much locked up). People want to keep it that way.
ONE guy was camping in a city park a month ago and everybody got up in arms and I assume the police routed him back to Washington state. We have low tolerance for this crap.
But, on our local “NextDoor” app, there are maybe 5% to 10% of people who just do not get it. They don’t understand how the homeless cancer spreads and grows (and can do that very quickly). The other 90% to 95% of people set the bleeding hearts right very quickly and point to the failed Portland, Seattle, San Fran and LA examples. But still they argue for compassion not knowing what would be just around the corner if it grows.