by Higgenbotham » Sun Jun 16, 2024 12:32 pm
Bob Butler wrote: ↑Sun Jun 16, 2024 11:59 am
Guest wrote: ↑Sun Jun 16, 2024 11:36 am
Seattle (SEA-TAC) is where I grew up, and Seattle has because a crime-ridden, filthy hellscape. Crime and homelessnes are off the charts. Tacoma is much worse. It wasn't like that in the 80s and 90s.
I did a quick check of the Seattle crime rate. Rather than off the charts, the chart is rather flat. You can see the George Floyd bump during the Trump years easily enough. It is the most significant feature in the chart. Still, the line seems to bounce around the same level. There is no big change.
https://data.seattle.gov/Public-Safety/ ... /tcin-ewch
Again, if an piece of data is being offered, could a source be provided?
One good source nowadays is WalMart or any chain having problems with organized retail crime, which is pretty much all of them. For the most part, they are shuttering stores in blue states where crime is out of control and opening new stores in red states.
In 2023, Walmart closed 24 stores across 14 states and Washington, D.C. That's significantly more than the 15 store closings the retail giant had planned. The chain attributes the closings in part to shoplifting and organized retail crime.
Walmart is shuttering 8 US locations in 2024. See the list.
California:
2121 Imperial Ave. in San Diego
605 Fletcher Parkway in El Cajon
2753 E. Eastland Center Dr. in West Covina
4080 Douglas Blvd in Granite Bay (Neighborhood Market)
40580 Albrae St. in Fremont
Maryland:
1238 Putty Hill Ave in Towson
Ohio:
3579 S. High St. in Columbus
Wisconsin:
7025 W Main St. in Milwaukee (Neighborhood Market)
The company plans to open or begin construction on 14 new locations this year.
Here are the confirmed openings:
Texas;
Preston Road in Celina (Dallas area)
16600 FM 423 in Frisco (Dallas area)
McKinney Street in Melissa (Dallas area)
8927 Fry Road in Cypress (Houston area)
Georgia:
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Atlanta (Neighborhood Market)
Florida:
U.S. Highway 98 East in Santa Rosa Beach (Neighborhood Market)
Read More: Walmart Locations Closing: Is This Happening In Texas? |
https://kkam.com/ixp/191/p/walmart-loca ... m=referral
There are literally dozens of news articles in the past 2 years that have discussed this. In many of these articles, it is noted that in the blue states, store employees are told to let the thieves walk out without contacting law enforcement. Also, law abiding citizens are fleeing blue states because of crime. Having fewer law abiding citizens residing in a state like New York will mean fewer potential crime victims (and fewer law abiding shoppers), I suppose.
[quote="Bob Butler" post_id=87560 time=1718553546 user_id=3010]
[quote=Guest post_id=87555 time=1718552205]Seattle (SEA-TAC) is where I grew up, and Seattle has because a crime-ridden, filthy hellscape. Crime and homelessnes are off the charts. Tacoma is much worse. It wasn't like that in the 80s and 90s.
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I did a quick check of the Seattle crime rate. Rather than off the charts, the chart is rather flat. You can see the George Floyd bump during the Trump years easily enough. It is the most significant feature in the chart. Still, the line seems to bounce around the same level. There is no big change.
https://data.seattle.gov/Public-Safety/Total-Crime-Over-Time-in-Seattle/tcin-ewch
Again, if an piece of data is being offered, could a source be provided?[/quote]
One good source nowadays is WalMart or any chain having problems with organized retail crime, which is pretty much all of them. For the most part, they are shuttering stores in blue states where crime is out of control and opening new stores in red states.
[quote]In 2023, Walmart closed 24 stores across 14 states and Washington, D.C. That's significantly more than the 15 store closings the retail giant had planned. The chain attributes the closings in part to shoplifting and organized retail crime.
Walmart is shuttering 8 US locations in 2024. See the list.
California:
2121 Imperial Ave. in San Diego
605 Fletcher Parkway in El Cajon
2753 E. Eastland Center Dr. in West Covina
4080 Douglas Blvd in Granite Bay (Neighborhood Market)
40580 Albrae St. in Fremont
Maryland:
1238 Putty Hill Ave in Towson
Ohio:
3579 S. High St. in Columbus
Wisconsin:
7025 W Main St. in Milwaukee (Neighborhood Market)
The company plans to open or begin construction on 14 new locations this year.
Here are the confirmed openings:
Texas;
Preston Road in Celina (Dallas area)
16600 FM 423 in Frisco (Dallas area)
McKinney Street in Melissa (Dallas area)
8927 Fry Road in Cypress (Houston area)
Georgia:
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Atlanta (Neighborhood Market)
Florida:
U.S. Highway 98 East in Santa Rosa Beach (Neighborhood Market)
Read More: Walmart Locations Closing: Is This Happening In Texas? | https://kkam.com/ixp/191/p/walmart-locations-closing-is-this-happening-in-texas/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral[/quote]
There are literally dozens of news articles in the past 2 years that have discussed this. In many of these articles, it is noted that in the blue states, store employees are told to let the thieves walk out without contacting law enforcement. Also, law abiding citizens are fleeing blue states because of crime. Having fewer law abiding citizens residing in a state like New York will mean fewer potential crime victims (and fewer law abiding shoppers), I suppose.