Liberal Cities are bleeding citizens to Red States

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(06-10-2023, 11:01 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I guess you missed a Republican governor won by over 20 points and Trump killed Biden in 2020 race in Florida.

And that same Trump lost the popular vote (2nd time he lost that) nationwide by 7 million as well as in the electoral college.

And DeSantis cant best Trump..

So if Florida wants to live in an authoritarian dictatorship as their voting pattern indicates more power to them but their politics fall short of winning nationwide. Even a few more electoral votes won’t change that

[SunsetBengal]

The hits just keep on coming for the Liberal mecca that is San Francisco. In a weeks time their city's policies have led to the departure of their two most prestigious hotels, and now thier downtown mall is closing up.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/walking-away-san-francisco-mall-owner-hands-property-back-to-bank-as-exodus-continues/ar-AA1ct0bE?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=0185b007e63b423395262d4c30eca5f2&ei=42

Quote:Shopping center giant Westfield is walking away from its San Francisco Centre mall, becoming the latest major company to leave the California city amid rampant crime problems.

Westfield confirmed to FOX Business Monday that the company and partner Brookfield Properties earlier this month stopped making payments on a $558 million loan securing the San Francisco Centre property.

"For more than 20 years, Westfield has proudly and successfully operated San Francisco Centre, investing significantly over that time in the vitality of the property," the company said in a statement.

"Given the challenging operating conditions in downtown San Francisco, which have led to declines in sales, occupancy and foot traffic, we have made the difficult decision to begin the process to transfer management of the shopping center to our lender to allow them to appoint a receiver to operate the property going forward."

FED UP SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS FORCED TO SELF-FUND HEAVYWEIGHT PLANTERS TO BLOCK HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS

Westfield's move comes less than a week after Park Hotels & Resorts announced it had handed two prominent hotels back to the bank. The real estate investment trust said it was abandoning the Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Parc 55, saying the city's streets are unsafe and expressing doubts about the area's ability to recover.

The departures come amid a growing exodus of retailers fleeing downtown San Francisco for various reasons as the city continues to struggle with retail theft, homelessness and a raging drug crisis.

Westfield's decision to give up San Francisco Centre, which was first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, appears to be due in part to Nordstrom shutting down both its downtown San Francisco locations. One of them is located in the San Francisco Centre property, and Westfield says the mall would only be 55% leased when Nordstrom leaves – far less than Westfield's other U.S. malls, which are 93% leased, on average.

John Dennis, chairman of the California Republican Party blamed San Francisco's city leadership for Westfield packing up, and says to expect more companies to follow suit.

"The Westfield San Francisco Centre is arguable the heart of retail in San Francisco," Dennis told FOX Business. "Another massive loss for the worst managed city in America. What's scary is we're nowhere near the bottom."

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It's interesting seeing others react to stuff like this happening elsewhere since I'm from a small rust belt PA town where we've spent decades regarding abandoned factories and businesses as monuments to the past, a sign of our resiliency, something for kids to throw rocks at or for people to raid for scrap metal.

Fittingly enough, the place in my hometown that used to be a youth rec center was at some point converted to be a center for seniors.  There is also a big empty fenced in area that was once a factory but for the past 20+ years it's been bulldozed and sits empty because no one wants to sink in the money to do the required soil/chemical removal to build anything there, but the city is also fighting the building of low income housing there.  A whole lotta nothing really fits the area, better.

Anywho, poor SF...I wonder where the 49ers will go...probably somewhere in Mississippi.