Posted on 02/21/2024 2:30:36 PM PST by Rummyfan
Chicago has a problem with retailers closing their doors, pulling up stakes, and getting the hell out of the city's most dangerous neighborhoods.
Without warning last week, a KFC franchisee "abruptly" shuttered three South Side locations. One outlet, located in Chatham, had been "undergoing renovations for months" when the franchise owner apparently just gave up and boarded up the windows instead. According to the same Fox 32 Chicago report, the Great KFC Vanishing came "less than one month after Cinema Chatham, a local movie theater, shut down." That closure also came without warning.
Sixth Ward Alderman William Hall said, "A closed business is not only a sore eye, but it’s a gateway for violence because when you see abandonment, it looks as if there is no love, no hope in the community."
"There was no communication," he added. "I saw what the residents saw, disappointed just the same way they are."
A commenter on the Fox 32 story wrote, "What's killing business on the south side of Chicago is no one feels safe anymore. I frequented both the 35th and 75th Street locations, and the food was great. But I'd never go after dark. There's a whole different feel to those streets when the sun goes down."
I was about to write how sad it is when a well-run restaurant can't survive the lawlessness prevalent in parts of the city, but it's worse than sad, isn't it?
Some folks, like Twitter/X user Jay here, had fun with the bad news. "I went to that same KFC," he posted. "When I got my order I walked out and I was chased by these two guys with red hats and they were yelling 'This is MAGA country' in a Jamaican accent… no wonder why it’s shut down."
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They went from rock n roll to retail in the last 55 years?
Hurrah.
The Biden /Soros policies are working, driving out the racis capita;ists sop the the black folk can take charge of their chicken and cook it in the parking lots , selling through street vendors.
The Socialist mayor of Chicago, pushing back capitalism by closing one business at a time, pushing out the oppressors!
NOw its Time for REAL KFC:
Kentucky Funky Chicain!
fast food joints cant survive without dinner trade
who knew?
do they have armed escorts for customers?
Indeed.
I’m guessing running a business in a warzone isn’t very profitable.... I could be wrong, in fact I thought I was wrong once but I was mistaken.
This is simply false. Johnson won because of ballot stuffing. You can check the Chicago Board of Elections and find all the precincts reporting +90% turnout and +90% votes for Johnson on the Chicago Board of Elections website. This for an off-year mayoral election. These are the poorest, blackest parts of the city.
Johnson is mayor for the same reason Biden is President.
It’s almost like these businesses can’t make money there. Or something.
What’s bad about it is the ones that caused the problems there will have to go elsewhere. They’ll be causes the same problems when they go there.
Civilization deserts beget food deserts.
Time to start opening Taco Huts instead
Reminds me of the store in "The Wire" where Omar Little met his end while buying Cocoa Puffs.
Same here.
‘Without any warning’
Why would they expect that there would be warning? To give more time to grieve?
The watermelon markets won’t be far behind.
What a sad way to have to live. I feel bad for those who must live there & can’t escape from the violence at night.
They’ll be opening Taco shops there soon ... no problem
What a sad way to have to live. I feel bad for those who must live there & can’t escape from the violence at night.
No business is safe from thieves (food and retail) and looters (retail) there days
Thanks to Democrats
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