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Downtown San Francisco Becomes a Ghost Town as Major Retailers Flee
Mish Talk ^ | MAY 6, 2023 | MISH

Posted on 05/07/2023 3:53:23 PM PDT by george76

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1 posted on 05/07/2023 3:53:23 PM PDT by george76
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That magical high speed rail will save the day!


2 posted on 05/07/2023 3:54:53 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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Liberals, aka DEMONRATS RUIN EVERYTHING they are in charge of!!


3 posted on 05/07/2023 3:56:49 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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San Francisco drug deaths jump 41%.. Fentanyl and other drugs kill one person every 10 hours .

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4151198/posts


4 posted on 05/07/2023 3:57:16 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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That was quick. San Francisco was thriving. But now it’s going to be the next Detroit.


5 posted on 05/07/2023 3:59:15 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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The high-culture people will only use the high-speed rail as a means to escape the dread horror that San Francisco has become. As the obscenely wealthy depart, the city is engulfed by the low scum and the cast-off debris of society that cannot fit in elsewhere, continuing to compound and exacerbate the decay and ruin, carrying the seeds of dystopia from San Francisco all across the other municipalities of the region, some of which are already rather advanced in their own ruin. It has become a huge no-go zone.


6 posted on 05/07/2023 4:03:50 PM PDT by alloysteel (Fiction has to be at least plausible, while reality obeys no such constraint.)
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This is to be expected after they decriminalized shoplifting over $950 and let criminals practically off the hook with no consequences!


7 posted on 05/07/2023 4:07:14 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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and your tax dollars are going to pay the salaries and bail these city leaders out. they personally wont feel a dent in their livelihoods...
8 posted on 05/07/2023 4:07:23 PM PDT by sit-rep
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Along with Denver and Minneapolis!


9 posted on 05/07/2023 4:07:39 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: sit-rep

Those so called leaders are just selfish bat rastards!


10 posted on 05/07/2023 4:08:10 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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Deserts! Or is that just desserts?


11 posted on 05/07/2023 4:10:49 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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Are they still claiming they’re going to build that boondoggle?


12 posted on 05/07/2023 4:11:50 PM PDT by Bullish (Either we don't see it coming or they don't... But somebody's got it coming.)
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I was downtown 5 years ago - it was already zombie town. Now it’s going to be the next Detroit. There’s nothing requiring many of the tech businesses to be there. This isn’t 1980’s or 90’s. I predict a complete exodus, it’s only just beginning. The tax savings some of these companies can get by moving out of CA will get ever more appealing as the financial belts tighten. Without the tax base CA, not just San Fran, will collapse.


13 posted on 05/07/2023 4:16:27 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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Question. Will they continue to tax the individuals and businesses who get the hell out of san fran freako to avoid being taxed to death to pay for reparations?

Or will SF demand the money from the state, which will then go begging to the federal government for reimbursement?


14 posted on 05/07/2023 4:19:17 PM PDT by I want the USA back (No one is assigned sex at birth. One's sex is noted and recorded. My pronouns Haha, hehe, hoho, hoo )
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Where is London Breed? We need a statement from her to reassure everyone that all will be OK. Relax and be calm.


15 posted on 05/07/2023 4:21:29 PM PDT by mosaicwolf
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They are indeed sir.


16 posted on 05/07/2023 4:23:18 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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Tech layoffs in 2023 above 190,000 - less than half the year- , surpassing the 2022 total of 165,000.

Total tech layoffs since 2022 are now at 355,000 employees from 1,700 companies.


17 posted on 05/07/2023 4:23:57 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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It is all part of the plan of the elites.


18 posted on 05/07/2023 4:24:15 PM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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Breathtakingly beautiful. to my mind, having traveled extensively, SF and Boston succeeded more than any other major US cities the worst devastation of soulless modern architecture. The bridges, City Hall, the Opera House, Coit Tower, etc etc absolute jewels. Yet libs can’t help crapping their own beds. It’s heartbreaking. And they’re working hard to do the same to two other beauteous cities, Seattle and Portland


19 posted on 05/07/2023 4:24:53 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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sf-retail
20 posted on 05/07/2023 4:28:50 PM PDT by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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