Community reacts to closure of 3 Portland Target stores
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- Target announced that it's closing nine locations across the U.S. effective Oct. 21, including the Portland Galleria, Powell and Hollywood stores. These stores join a wave of post-pandemic retail closures in Portland - and while not all of these companies indicated that theft was the main reason for closing up shop, it's a trend that city leaders are desperate to reverse.
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Here are the major chains that have closed up shop in Portland since last year, including Target, Walmart, REI and Nike: www.kgw.com/article/money/business/portland-stores-retail-businesses-closed-shut-down/283-7dd2f41d-2b36-4435-aed8-7360395a1bf6
CLOSING IS NOTHING. IN AUGUST 2020 STUPID PROTESTERS IN MINNEAPOLIS TRIED TO BURN DOWN THEIR CORPORATE HQ!!!
Wow. It’s almost as if you legalizing theft makes businesses want to leave your area...Weird...
Keep voting blue, get more crazy homeless news.
Alternative Headline: "Portland one step closer to progressive utopia."
The mayor says things are fine, and these losses are natural
Yay! Progressive utopia! Let's go!😂
Excellent. Results of woke ideology at their finest.
Three of nine closures nationwide are in PORTLAND? What does that tell the public about the quality of life here? Shameful decline.
All the most extreme 'progressive'/Leftists cities and states are suffering. Disconnect policy from reality and this is what we get.
(farther N. Commifornian here, rural and more rational, lol)
Maybe they’ll come back…..😂😂😂
How many are in the West Coast hyper liberal cities.?
tell that oregon is experiencing peak performance liberal utopia
@@uoohknk6881 Plus NYC area, same disease, progressivism (NeoMarxism at this point) gone wild.
As a former Portland resident, all I say is RUN don't walk away from Portland
So true!! I knew the minute i saw the signs everywhere " keep Portland weird" that i had made a huge mistake moving there!! After 10 yrs I got out. Strange people is an understatement.
But don't run here !!! YOU ruined that city, now YOU want to go somewhere else and do the same thing there with you liberal ways ?
I hope these same communities don't start leaving Portland and start infesting other communities. Their lack of self-awareness if insane.
They already have!
They can’t afford to move anywhere else than that shythole
Yep...hence why we left and moved so effing away from Portland and other progressive cities...the citizens created this by allowing the pathetic leaders they elected to ruin a once vibrant and unique city.
They are pests. Locusts that kills anything in their path
THEY WILL AND HAVE.
Elect stupid politicians, win stupid prizes.
Did you know that Portland is tripling the number of city council members and giving themselves raises to almost $200k a year? Lol
@@redavni1 How progressive and forward thinking.
@@redavni1Did you know you just lied, you liar from liar town?
So while pay might be a valid concern - an increase of 13% to $142,404 from $125,694 isn't "almost 200k a year" at all.
So why the lie?
Why? What agenda are you pushing that you lied?
@@user-el5yw1er2j This in is true, looks like I transposed the mayors salary increase.
@@user-el5yw1er2jAre you in the government????? Either it be federal or state????
The lack of self awareness on the part of Portlanders is gobsmacking. You made your bed by voting for this, now lie in it!
The bed was stolen haha
That was a stupid comment so you lie in it 😂
What was stupid about Matt Baker's comment?@@lmcook64
Voting for what specifically?
@@topsnek4603 The answer is obvious.
Narcissists will never, EVER admit they are wrong, about anything. They mentally can't do so. They are so incredibly fearful of being wrong and the embarrassment that comes with it, they will burn that city to the ground before doing so.
That's why liberalism is a mental disorder.
Spot on!
The news interviewing Kotek while she just absolutely could not care less is priceless.
This is awful. The thieves will have to walk miles to steal groceries now.
Shame on Target.
Drive stolen cars!
Walk, no way, 😂
Any effort for free Nikes
Funny but a big source of contention with Asian owned markets in black neighborhoods is higher prices like it's a big conspiracy. Do they understand basic economics and how everyone travels far for bargains?
@@swaldron5558 Kias and Hyundai's are so easy to steal, they're almost public transport.
@@daniellee1722 No one cares that retailers exist to make a profit from sales, and how much theft erases that. When all the stores have closed people will look around and insist that no one wants to invest in the city. That's what happens when the city leadership caters to the criminals instead of law abiding citizens.
Congratulations Portland, you're getting exactly what you've been voting for.
#FAFO
Portland will be bankrupt 🤣🤣🤣
What are you commenting about?!?
Same for Seattle.
Time to celebrate!🎉 😂
I remember the one time I was in Portland for work, I went to Target and there were so many drug addicts/homeless milling about outside, it was like something from “The Walking Dead”. Obviously when a City legalizes theft businesses will leave.
10 years ago, I lived in St. Louis county. And I was downtown. And there was only one grocery store. And it was open 9-5. And I remember asking my husband how people got groceries that live there. And he explained how it wasn’t safe there after a certain time. Me, in my early 20’s, didn’t get it. Now, I’m so thankful we decided to move to a rural town in Arkansas. Cities are scary these days.
You are the problem wrong voting than leaving
Perhaps make robbery and theft a crime again
Go one better, make drug addiction and homelessness a crime, and send them to jails and psychiatric prisons to get them clean, psychiatrically medicated, and reintroduced into the human race.
She is correct. Let me see who is to blame? Oh it’s her.
Exactly. All the white liberals they interviewed for this video are to blame. I'm betting they will continue to vote for woke, virtue signaling democrats too.
What years upon years of “Voting Blue no matter who!” does to a community is truly heartbreaking.
What years upon years of “Voting Blue no matter who!” does to a community is truly predictable.
Let's discuss how voting red ensured that "Just drink bleach, that purges the virus in a minute" became official healthcare advice and 650000+ Americans died as a result, making the Republican regime of 2016-2020 the deadliest US government in history, even if you somewhat want to blame Roosevelt for all US deaths in WW2 (400K).
This was also true when South American countries stared voting in "socialist saviors"
That your future
Yeah a republicans want to turn this country into a fascist theocracy. Republicans are the reason behind homelessness and lack of mental health care
They should be forced to continue to live there. No moving for you!
You need to make the shoplifters feel not safe is what you need to do
that's adorable that you think Marxists would actually listen to you say that, let alone follow it as advice.
Obviously they didn't defund the police quite enough. More defunding needed, send in the social workers. That'll turn things around.
I think the only logical next step is to legalize theft. Target cant get mad if its legal right?
LOL!
“We’re going to create a place where people want to have their business” says the people that created the place people want to move their business away from. The complete lack of self awareness in that statement is breath taking.
Yeah that was almost unbelievably stupid 🤪
Typical Demorat response 😅
I don’t know whether this is complete delusion or abject pandering. I guess telling the truth: “we created hell and there is no recovery without a complete change of political regime and way of thinking” is not politically expedient. It’s sad. Another paradise ruined.
Still waiting for the how.
Just need different business
I would love to see those people open their own business. It gets constantly robbed and they continue to stay open
When I lived in Portland before the Californians invaded... I mean, were running from the fires... I had an interview with at a Safeway for a security guard position.
These people wanted unarmed security guards to stand at their entrances and prevent the blatant theft that was on the rise in and around downtown Portland. Several employees have been stabbed, threaten and so on, just for getting in their way. Instead of making a bottle neck at the entrance with armed security, they wanted a unarmed security guard to risk their health and safety doing what already failed.
4 years later, look at this place.
Congratulations democrats.
@@kathrynparker9790 lol, Californians invaded in the 80's and things have been going downhill ever since. Real estate prices in Portland and adjacent suburbs are what they are because of the California transplants
I like how they are all mad at Target, but unanimously forgot that they are the ones that voted for the people that caused all of the crime making them leave. Great move Portland!!
As farther N. Commifornian, I keep expecting peak stupidity and being wrong. Signs of a shift tho, pendulum swings, we spawned Regan and The Terminator, for example.
Typical bot regurgitating that BS. Maybe educate yourself. Same thing is happening in states with Republican governors. And in fact these issues are happening because of Republican governors not investing in services to help drug addicts, to help the mentally ill, to help the homeless, instead they're just shipping them elsewhere. Facts show that crime, homelessness and drug addiction are most prevalent in Republican led states. States like California, New York and Oregon aren't even in the top 10 states with most drug addiction. Florida and Texas are in top 4 states with most homelessness. Maybe instead of spreading that Republican garbage educate yourself about facts and about how addiction, crime and homelessness don't know political views, they happen everywhere.
Did you watch the video? Everyone interviewed, except maybe the first lady, is saying that crime is the reason that Target left and hopefully the city cleans itself up so businesses want to come back. No one here was mad at Target.
Yeah but who do they vote for? What organizations do they support and contribute to? They are getting exactly the society they deserve.@@KeloseDEC
Wtf shops at target?
That’s what happens when your mayor wants to allow them to defund the police! How’s that working out for ya!
It's fine they can pray to St. Fentanyl Floyd for food...🤔
Works wonders for the criminals and 'revolutionaries'.
Working great for useless porkland pigs.. now they don't move a finger and still collect an astronomical check..
protect and serve... their own interests.. what a tax farm and open air dump this sh!tty has become.
You can't believe that the old structure of the police was the most efficient and cost effective way to get the job done do you?
@@genericscout5408🤣
What thoughtful and inspiring words provided by Tina Kotek. Welcome to society dictated by ideology and grievance and devoid of merit.
Is that what special snowflakes think?
@jergenvondumazz...its what anyone who has a brain thinks you troll . I've lived here 40 years. Bring it you punk
When people are not brought up properly and don’t want to work, this happens.
Right, can't possibly be a complex set of issues, many of which are completely out of people's control.
TARGET: We're closing these stores because of massive theft that the city refuses to deal with.
PORTLANDERS: Why is Target doing this? It's a mystery that will never be solved!
Funny, sad and true
Better get scoopydo
@@kimberlysmith1082 yes scooby doo and all of the horror characters to the rescue
Except almost every person in the video specifically mentions theft.
Excellent comment Falcon. 👍🏻💯
Notice how they close stores in all DEMOCRAT cities
@@PriyaMullinnot sure if you are joking but Portland is 3/4 white
@@blainepace4812 that's not the criminal population (whites also implied) now is it?
@@PriyaMullin Portland doesn't have a lot of black people
Almost all large American cities are Democrat cities, even in Republican states.
how many big republicans cities are there though honestly
In Timor there are lockers you put your bags into BEFORE entering the produce area! It works well.
They have packers and will offer to take your shopping to your car/taxi.
Very respectful staff and always feel safe. Makes a stress free experience.
Maybe they’ll create a space, environment & area where shoplifters & looters can feel safe.
All these "disappointed" Portlanders need to have a good hard look in the mirror.
How did THEIR voting history contribute to their current reality.
No sympathy from me. None at all.
Only the portland metro area is blue. Everywhere else in the state is RED. Trust me, I love Oregon but I despise Portland
I still doubt they have made that very obvious connection.
@@meep9873 totally untrue. Western Oregon, meaning all Oregon cities with population of 4,000,000 people, are blue. Eastern oregon, meaning rural towns with population of of 400,000 people, are red.
the only i can say is.....
how did your state vote?
did you vote Democrat? Because 42% of us in Oregon voted for Trump. Even with Portland. And I live in Portland.
If every conservative left every liberal state what would happen?
So if we revert to just 30 states. Then what? the cancer grows. Then there are 25, 20, 12 and all of us are over run.
I've been told from many people that the usa is the last bastion of the Democracy and a Republic in the world. Where Free Speach is still venerated.
There is nowhere else to go.
Again, I ask you. What state are YOU from and I'll wager over 38% voted for Biden. YOU are not that far from these loonies.
its the 42% who have stayed on the WEST Coast that are keeping the wolves at bay.
Thank you very much if you made it this far.
Have a good day. God Bless the USA and Donald Trump.
@meep looks like you have a reading comprehension problem. The original commentator made no mention of your state. He said Portland. Smh
When you have to put security tags on clotheswashing liquid, you know your society has taken a wrong turn.
Kinda laughable considering that they thieves will still be allowed to just walk out of the store even if the alarm on that Tide is going off.
The Cornelius Wal-Mart (< 30 mins outside Portland) has put all the Legos behind the locked plastic doors. Legos, of all things.
Excellent. Results of woke ideology at their finest.
You always without fail, get what you vote for.
i remember when all this, defund the police, was going around and my common sense felt this can't be good. It turns out common sense was 100% correct. There's a reason why we have police and laws and such. Let's not forget everything we learned over the course of time was done to make life better. The system isn't perfect but that's not a reason to start from scratch.
You can't have civil society without laws. You can't have laws without enforcement and punishment. You can't have enforcement without police. You can't have police without Republicans. The logic is too complicated for liberals to understand.
My heart goes out to the criminals whose shoplifting options are really starting to dwindle. You know times are tough when even crooks start feeling the pinch.
They will just drive to the outskirts locations in neighborhoods and towns around them. They won't stop
@@missf4681 Unless the price of gas goes up...
They'll just get more money from the government (our tax money).
They will rob the "Amazon" delivery drivers more and more.
People will order from Amazon but then you have the porch pirate issue.
LOL...man it is comical to think business are going to come back unless there is a complete 180 and the state starts prosecuting lower level crime.
City starts prosecuting*
The State is ready; the question is, where is the Attorney General? And why aren't they holding local prosecutors' feet to the fire to do the job they're paid to do? Is George Soros' money THAT green? Trust me -- the lady here who thinks Target _owes_ it to her to keep their doors open so she can shop even though they're losing their shirts here is also the lady who cast a vote for Mike Schmidt as D.A. Guarantee it. Because if she didn't she is bereft of any common sense whatsoever.
That’s not a man, it’s the female mayor!😂😂😂
It doesn’t even matter at this point. If they did a 180 all the business know they could flip in a dime and do another 180 back and the risk of loss of j vestment is to high to ever screw with them again. Stick a fork in them they are done
Excellent. Results of woke ideology at their finest.
I seldom shop at Target expecting to find prices competitive with Walmart. When I do shop at Target, the occasion is one of convenience; need something and am nearby. I notice that the placement of items that I more often need, groceries for example, is at the end of the store's long dimension, with clothing, furniture and other items closer to the entrance. These are not items that I often buy.
its nice to see society is getting better
When you care about criminals' rights more than law-abiding citizens this is what happens.
Why not just lock up everyone? Hear me out. That way there can't possibly be crime, since everyone is already in prison.
@@draneym2003, you shouldn't be typing on the short bus
@@draneym2003or how about we lock up criminals and keep them there ?
@@maozedong1913 what you’re saying is an insult to retarded people everywhere. THEY are low I.Q., and learn slow, they’re Not Stupid. This guy truly believes that there is No Evil except for people who believe that evil exists. This person probably has a 160 or higher I.Q. Only folks like that are capable of being so tragically and Fatally S-T-O-O-P-I-D with Capital OOPs.
Oh Yea, and folks like me are the Real Problem!
. Do you still " biggie size"..?
I like how Kotex says that we're going to make Portland a place where businesses want to be. Newsflash: it was already that before 2015.
How is Kotek going to achieve that? By paying reparations or by defunding the police?
@@Falconlibrary both?
Why would they “want to come back” if they’re being robbed? Just delusional.
It's like shooting yourself in the foot and confused why you're in pain....Portland, you are getting what you voted for.
Many Portland residents must have voted for hard-left bills and initiatives. You only have yourselves to blame for the predictable outcomes.
It's funny when US Americans talks about hard-left policies! What you call hard-left is right of the center in the rest of the world. Nevertheless Europe has less shop lifting.
@@T0MT0Mmmmy They have different demographics.
@@T0MT0Mmmmy For America, this is hard-left..... HARD, major cities are going downhill because of crazy people and their fee fees.
@@T0MT0Mmmmy I've lived & worked (for about 4 years each) in 4 European cities, Frankfurt, Paris, Stockholm & Manchester, England (not European, but close enough), If someone was caught shoplifting in any of those cities, they might have gotten off with a hand-slap the first time, but the 2d incidence got them jail time -- even if only 7-10 days.
You seem like a fairly clever young chappie, Mr T. Do you think that might have had something to do with the lower incidence of shoplifting in Europe?
Excellent. Results of woke ideology at their finest.
Who would have thought this would happen when you allow theft to occur without consequences?
“It’s a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” Who KNEW Churchill was talking about a U.S. retailer???
🤔.....imagine...
Yet all the free PPP money these sons of bitch took that doesn't have to be paid back. THAT DID NOT GO TO EMPLOYEES, BUT WENT TO NEW REMODELING OF THEIR STORES. WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING ELSE, MY LOCAL WALMART BUSTED OUT A PERFECTLY GOOD SIDEWALK WITHOUT A SINGLE CRACK AND POORED A FRESH ONE. COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY, BUT THEY HAD TO SPEND THEIR FREE PPP MONEY. IN THE MEANTIME THEY KEEP INCREASING PRICES. FUCK THESE GREEDY SHITTERS.
Even Pikachu is surprised.
It's not theft. It's just long-term borrowing of goods.
Any petty theft should be 1 year in prison and a 10k fine when released! We will see how fast these crimes will stop
What do you expect when you don't enforce the laws or create ludicrous laws?
Unfortunately not surprising when laws aren't enforced and there are no consequences for illegal behavior.
We need more police enforcement and harsher punishments. They don't even fear the police! And the state is backing the criminals up!
@@munk3064we also need to stop giving black people a free pass on crime (this happens a lot)
I know right, omg
Imagine the ones who like run the like laws we are under aren’t even enforcing them
Why’s that
Wait did I forget there’s mass coercion from foreign entity’s in media? Affecting how Americans
Of all people view like America
#whydidnamericasellouttochina
Wait a minute
Why if the boarder walls that if built and managed then patrolled may have stopped the influx of unvetted people into America
Wait why do lobbyist have control over certain aspects of government
Wait
The school distract I grew up in has been under funded for years and left out of essential infrastructure improvement and maintenance
Of at least 30000 students attend currently
Idk what ever who cares
She hit the nail on the head. "We are making it very difficult". Only one ideology and party responsible for the decay, crime, violence, and chaos you have to live with today. No one else to blame but the "We" that keep reelecting it. WTFU.
Well said 👍
It's mind boggling how they vote Dem long after their city has become a disaster. Apparently, they care nothing for their kids either. Probably transitioning their gender.
Portland will be bankrupt 🤣🤣🤣
Excellent. Results of woke ideology at their finest.
They are making it different alright. A different kind of nightmare
City Leaders...take note. Ya'll better do something to clean up this mess. This is creating hardship for honest, hard working citizens.
Bad news for the criminals, they will have to take a free bus to the other Targets to steal from them. Worked as a territory manager for Home Depot. The theft percentages in city was off the charts compared to the suburbs or country
Tina Kotek knows exactly why they are leaving and what she did to make it happen.
What did she do to make it happen?
@@jerbsherb4391 Tina Kotek amd the liberal party in Oregon have been soft on crime for a long time. This is the result. Progressive policies always lead to chaos and lawlessness.
@@jerbsherb4391She's uber left, was in the legislature for years passing laws that promoted the woke policies that now have coalesced into an environment of social decay. She pretty much backs Wheeler without question. Guess you forgot the chant of a couple of years ago " silence is violence "
@@jerbsherb4391try paying attention for yourself instead of asking stupid questions 1:58
She’s like the mayor of South Park the show lol complete shit show
It's happening because you're ALLOWING it to happen.
It's so heartwarming to see that Portland's wish is coming true. It proves that when you go out and vote, you get what you ask for.
Welcome to a warm and fuzzy crime tolerant society.
We all see the shoplifting… the customers see it… but the politicians refuse to admit it
Why it's their money binky
Falling for the propaganda. Retail theft is tiny compared to cost of just normal product damage (and the number being reported combines these two things together).
The real reason these stores are closing is because of the cost of real estate. And also because some of them tried to unionize.
My one remaining liberal friend downplays this sort of thievery. Says these events are few and far between. He has no basis for this belief- he just doesn't want to believe just how pervasive this is. I guess you really have to be deluded, if you want to remain a liberal.
propaganda? are you really that dense? unfortunately the contagion of black people shoplifting has now hit London in a big way. retail outlets are getting stripped daily@@SilkNeon
@@SilkNeon you have no idea what you are talking about. My GF works at a convenience store near one of these targets. She knows these people by name, because she has to deal with them too. The tweakers will each make multiple runs to target everyday! They have offered to sell "anything you want" from target to her other employees. The theft is rampant and constant!
And by the way, this shit isn't reported because the cops don't show up! There is no point in calling them anymore.
Can't blame the stores. Blame the communities doing the thieving.
That's racist. Those criminals are good people. They were going to go college to become doctors before this. If I can post a pic on here of them when they were 5yrs old smiling with their family I would.
@@bane3991 , they are starving, so they must eat clothes and TVs.
its mostly black people, the blessed race of entitlement and excuses
No...n..no... wtf... you don't read much huh?
If you’ve ever been to the Target near Pioneer Place you’re only surprised that it stayed open this long.
Why would Target come back?
Hilarious when businesses succumb to their own wokeness!
Conservatives are extremists for not shopping there, not the leftists who routinely loot it.
It's always great to see people finally getting what they asked for, voted for and wanted.
Portland is getting the society they've always wanted all these years.
Congratulations, Portland! I hope more of your dystopian dreams will come true in the months to come.
Enjoy!
This must be the Woke Left's way of getting back at capitalism. The only thing left for them now is to wait for that govt handout....... that will never come.
Yes we are seeing the same thing happen to our Congress because of the Republican majority.
@@coreyk9752 demoncrats and republiturds are two sides of the same uniparty of self-serving, corrupt, malfeasant and incompetent ruling elites.
the fact that you're still focused on the political theatre of demoncrat vs republiturd means only other NPCs like you will actually take you seriously.
you're missing what's actually happening in the USA, and across the western "democracies"
@@coreyk9752SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP , as your MENTAL ILLNESS is very apparent , keep voting for NAZI PARTY DEMOCRAT'S and you to will reap the rewards - Good Luck !!!
@@coreyk9752your lost dude !!!! This is why no one wants to be around democraps !!!!
LOL she said Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and New York
Portland politicians " we're sad to see stores continuing to move out but...you know what we're going to create a place where some businesses want to come back"
😆
that's what happens when you protect criminals instead of the taxpayer's
Fantastic news for Portland. Voters getting what they voted for :)
Robocop in the making, soon there will only be OmiCorp.
It's vote by mail here! It's what the crats install!
@carlchapman4053 Ive always wanted to see an ed-209 take on some rioters.😂
There are many people outside of the Portland city limits/Multnomah County who drive in "town" to do their shopping, you have forgotten these closures affect many who had no vote on who runs Portland and the crazy laws and rules that run the city.
I used to think that way too... But, when you really stop and think and care about others and how what happens in one area affects others in nearby areas, you stop thinking and saying things like this.
@@seventhdayissabbath8747LMFAO!!!! There is no sympathy for those who let the Trojan horse in the gate. And that was done by ALL the voters in Or. Just like in Illinois where they ended cash bail. And like NY who claim to be a sanctuary for illegals. And now NY's govenor is telling illegals to go somewhere else. No pity or sympathy should be given to those who willfully stick their hands in the fire they know will burn them. Just like the 7 wise and 7 foolish virgins. You didn't read where the 7 wise virgins gave the 7 foolish virgins any oil for their lamps did ya??????
The first woman is a great definition of blindness and denial at any cost. See, it's OUR fault...somehow...
"I'm going to fill this pool with sharks and go swimming in it. Oh no! I got bitten by sharks. This is everyone else's fault but mine"
"We are making it difficult...." no criminals and politicians are.
Some of these people voted in those politicians
Portland residents can now purchase from over priced convenient stores. Your own fault!
Where the owner has a shotgun at the ready. Hmm, maybe if Target had the same security?
Why are people surprised? Unless you hold thieves and other criminals accountable this will only get worse.
They’re tired of getting robbed 🙄
“Maybe they’ll come back!”
Those are the words of your community leaders. Words to live by, folks! 😂😂
Who the heck to they think would want to move back to a city run by woke Liberals hell bent on destroying America asap?
Annnnnnnd, maybe they (most definitely) won't 😂
1:08 They should put her picture next to the word “clueless” in the dictionary for better definition
you look at that woman and understand that when people who look like that are in charge, things are going for the worse.
It's almost like defunding the police and refusing to jail lawbreakers results in higher crime.
Look at some statistics.
(2022 Estimates) Violent Crimes
(2023*) Property Crimes
(2023*) Violent Crimes (2023)
City State Population, Violent Crimes, Property Crimes, violent crime per 1000 persons
1 Memphis Tennessee 624,944 6,974 23,032 11.16
2 Detroit Michigan 626,757 6,000 13,514 9.57
3 Little Rock Arkansas 201,513 1,739 5,065 8.63
4 Beaumont Texas 110,898 818 1,821 7.38
5 Pueblo Colorado 112,618 772 2,999 6.86
6 Kansas City Missouri 508,856 3,458 11,472 6.80
7 Lansing Michigan 112,567 732 1,284 6.50
8 Tacoma Washington 219,027 1,406 8,120 6.42
9 Cleveland Ohio 363,764 2,324 6,817 6.39
10 Peoria Illinois 110,551 631 1,945 5.71
11 Milwaukee Wisconsin 561,743 3,197 6,427 5.69
12 Albuquerque New Mexico 560,557 3,115 10,874 5.56
13 Dayton Ohio 137,084 751 3,028 5.48
14 Rockford Illinois 146,710 795 1,832 5.42
15 Stockton California 323,501 1,712 5,049 5.29
16 Minneapolis Minnesota 421,690 2,222 10,771 5.27
17 Toledo Ohio 266,984 1,399 3,311 5.24
18 Chattanooga Tennessee 182,603 923 3,632 5.05
19 Houston Texas 2,276,533 11,474 47,480 5.04
20 Denver Colorado 705,264 3,511 20,782 4.98
21 Baltimore Maryland 570,546 2,815 7,088 4.93
22 Springfield Massachusetts 155,046 742 2,104 4.79
23 Metropolitan Nashville Tennessee 679,562 3,250 10,723 4.78
24 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1,555,812 7,411 37,570 4.76
25 Baton Rouge Louisiana 219,913 1,033 5,534 4.70
26 North Charleston South Carolina 119,198 554 2,710 4.65
27 Winston-Salem North Carolina 251,295 1,159 3,843 4.61
28 Aurora Colorado 392,134 1,798 7,706 4.59
29 Springfield Missouri 169,822 772 2,599 4.55
30 Evansville Indiana 115,719 505 1,924 4.36
31 Lubbock Texas 264,142 1,147 4,097 4.34
32 Salt Lake City Utah 201,373 855 5,573 4.25
33 Corpus Christi Texas 317,694 1,331 4,687 4.19
34 Greensboro North Carolina 298,719 1,232 5,325 4.12
35 Grand Rapids Michigan 196,662 801 2,618 4.07
36 Phoenix Arizona 1,637,902 6,631 20,532 4.05
37 Fresno California 546,871 2,187 7,988 4.00
38 Billings Montana 117,866 471 1,995 4.00
39 Washington District of Columbia 671,803 2,658 12,765 3.96
40 Paterson New Jersey 156,292 605 1,662 3.87
41 Akron Ohio 188,534 721 2,556 3.82
42 Cincinnati Ohio 307,761 1,164 6,313 3.78
43 Bakersfield California 411,873 1,526 6,649 3.71
44 South Fulton Georgia 110,102 406 1,633 3.69
45 Vallejo California 123,940 445 2,252 3.59
46 Inglewood California 102,879 368 1,810 3.58
47 Springfield Illinois 112,549 401 2,200 3.56
48 Seattle Washington 729,691 2,587 17,104 3.55
49 San Antonio Texas 1,465,608 5,176 37,039 3.53
50 Charlotte-Mecklenburg North Carolina 955,466 3,340 17,778 3.50
51 Spokane Washington 229,292 799 5,954 3.48
52 Knoxville Tennessee 194,724 675 2,904 3.47
53 Atlanta Georgia 495,707 1,712 8,847 3.45
54 Dallas Texas 1,286,121 4,394 23,852 3.42
55 Amarillo Texas 201,572 687 3,150 3.41
56 Portland Oregon 630,129 2,118 16,921 3.36
57 Tulsa Oklahoma 410,135 1,377 6,359 3.36
58 Buffalo New York 275,710 918 5,676 3.33
Did they actually defund the police? Who defunded the police? Portland? When? I would be delighted to hear that this actually happened I just know that it didn’t
@@MeowNow494 "Among the rallying cries were “defund the police” - a call for elected officials to reallocate some law enforcement funding elsewhere. In June 2020, the Portland City Council and the mayor answered by cutting millions from the police budget."
LOL
@@MeowNow494I agree. On the flip side, can you imagine how much worse it would’ve been?
First lady seems like such a good person
It's easy to get stores to stop running away from your community centers, start enforcing retail crime laws.
What's amazing is that Target stayed as long as they did.
Gaurantee they have been taking a huge hit there for years
I know, no one shops there but karens
"We're sorry that target closed... but we're gonna make people want to bring businesses here." These people are delusional.
Where will the folks staying at The Ritz-Carlton now have to shop?
Removing all retail properties will surely reduce the rate of shoplifting. It seems a little extreme, but congratulations to the citizens for implementing the great policies that brought about this crime reduction.
The US media need to be held legally accountable for their role in this crime epidemic.
They need to be held accountable for many more reasons as well. Along with Hollywood
Agree 100%.
The democrat constituency needs to be held accountable. They voted for it. 🍭
Talk about shifting the blame. This is on elected officials, voters, ANTIFA, and BLM. not the media.
@@mikewaterfield3599 Um, no. The media is to blame, too. They are just as guilty as the terrorist group antifa and blm. They pushed the SAME narrative as these groups. They ALL lied about what was going on even when the videos were PLAIN TO SEE.
Congrats, Portland, you DESERVE THIS.
Oh no how will they ever survive without a big box store? The horror!
@maggiemaybe8739 lol! Such a clueless, arrogant person you are. This is not the only store moving out of Portland due to city-sanctioned crime.
You deserve this? Says the guy who doesn't even live there.
@@MeowNow494Do you understand why the big box store is leaving, and what that will do for Portlands economy?
@20DYNAMITE06 if a place constantly votes for more-onic politicians who tolerates criminals and wants to defund the police, then they deserve every consequence of their votes.
Gee Whizz! All nine stores that are included in the Target announcement are in Blue Cities, in Blue States with Blue Mayors and Blue Governors. I never would have guessed. What an amazing coincidence. Do you think there could be a connection? Naahhh. I'm just probably overthinking things.
Yup. Portland hasn't had a Republican mayor elected since November, 1952. 71 Years. Since they stopped testing for math and reading in Portland schools, I thought I'd do the math for those playing the home game.
Why would businesses stay open in Portland or other hi-theft cities?
Sorry, you got what you voted for. It is up to the community to take care of the community and that includes crime.
Portland again jumps to the top of the chart. Of 9 stores Target closes across the nation. Portland won the lion share of 33%.
Walmart, Nike, Rei, Cracker Barrel all closed up this year as well. And Nike is from Portland
@@meep9873 Ironic after the Kaepernick "dont pretend something isn't wrong" ad. Something was wrong alright. Just not what the virtue signaling idiots at Nike thought.
And with each Target being able to shelter 700 asylum seekers, it should be awesome.
Nike is woke and supports this
Excellent. Results of woke ideology at their finest.
Did the Ritz Carlton not get the memo? 😂
“Portland city council votes to defund police” How’s that working out for y’all?
As someone who is not an American or living in America I'm astounded at the level of denial of the issue at hand.
As ironic as it sounds, never have I seen such a White Elephant in a room. Again I add, the statement is said in ultimate irony.
It is baffling isn't it? And most Americans do see the elephant in the room, but in some locales they bend over backwards to say "elephant? What elephant?" Here's a hint: it isn't a white elephant.
Thank you John. At sometimes I think I'm the only one. Having said that, I'm pleased that many who are not white would agree with you and I. What puzzles me is the (oblivious) rest.
Spot on.i couldn't said it better. Will done. People are just looking the other way
Black elephant
Most of what's good about a culture or society is the brain child of a small number of smart and highly motivated individuals. When the "smart people" are pushing for dumb stuff, things go to hell very quickly. People don't understand the liberty that brought them prosperity. They vote for their own benefit and security, which is never to their benefit or security in the long run.
Fascinating to watch people look directly at the truth and facts yet still choose to not see them because they are so brainwashed, it’s astounding actually.
Yup, they’ll all go out next election and vote exactly the same 🤦🏻♂️🙄
For leftists, virtue signaling has become more important than the concrete results of decisions. For these people, the symbolic world is more important than the real one. Thats the definition of madness. They dont care if society collapses as long as they can keep away from power the people they deem evil conservatives.
Pure stupidity !!!!
The thieves just move to other stores. Vote out the ones that are allowing this to happen with no consequences. Criminals are running these towns. I feel bad for the ones living there that are just trying to get by.
Debs husband says its the summer of love where everything is unicorns, rainbows, and fairy dust. 😂😂😂
"But you know what? We're going to create that place where people are gonna want to come back and have their businesses. Maybe they'll come back."
Good idea! Maybe you should start by voting for the right people who will take action against theft!
Where do people shoplift now?
"We" are not doing anything mam, the criminals are making it hard on themselves to have stores.
I've lived in the Portland area most of my life and lived in the city of Portland for 20 years.
The downward spiral of Portland and other West Coast cities like Seattle, Oakland, LA and of course San Francisco, can be directly attributed to the stupidity and willful ignorance of the voters in those cities.
Being "progressive" sounds nice and virtuous on paper to young and naive minds who haven't actually put any real thought into these complex social issues, but as we have learned over the past 20 years, these so-called progressive policies have failed at every level.
The biggest challenge facing these cities now is not the actual issues, but the refusal of these so-called progressive voters to acknowledge their own ideas and beliefs don't work in the real world. It seems to me that portlanders are going to have to watch this city burn to the ground or become a ghost town from retail theft before they actually begin questioning their voting. This town is filled with self-righteous narcissists who would almost rather die than admit they were wrong.
What you describe is tragic
Truth
Progressive is another word for communism and it always fails.
Considering what happened in Detroit, they will not change their minds. They will leave, and keep voting the same policies in the new cities.
@@Origami84 that is true and it's mind-boggling. We get a lot of Californians moving here because it's cheaper, but as far as I can tell, they just keep voting for the same progressive politicians with the same failing progressive policies. It's either a high degree of willful ignorance, cognitive dissidence, a cult or all of the above.
I can't imagine watching things get so bad in my city and state and not being able to recognize how it became that way. They see the downward spiral of the cities, but don't seem to be able to acknowledge all of those progressive policies that made it that way. Hard to understand.
Hope Portlanders are ready for the huge increase in porch pirate reparations... they will have to make up for the loss of Target shoplifting...
Law and order isn’t a joke. Pull yourself together America!
How come everyone in Portland looks like an unmade bed?
I just visited your city downtown, and your city has become unlivable for normal people. The homelessness and empty storefronts were astounding.
Oregonians are literally trying to join Idaho, they hate Portland that much.
I moved out of Portland in 2011 for a work opportunity. I went to college at PSU and downtown was a great place. I moved back in 2022 and the difference was shocking. I think it’s hard for people to notice how far Portland has fallen unless you had left when it was nice and came back after 2020. Homeless, open drug use, graffiti everywhere, shuttered and boarded up business. Really sad.
I went to PSU in 2001 and lived in a high rise apartment alongside the campus. Portland was beautiful and well run. There were a few homeless who would gather along the river, but they were not a problem. I left for Austin in 2002.
It was never “well run”. You just had a few conservatives down there to balance it out. Now you just have the die hard leftists and criminals who still believe it’s going to work out if you throw enough money at.
cities like portland and SF were some of the most beautiful cities to visit/live. the civic leaders should be held accountable for allowing these gems to turn into hat they have become.........tragic.
Democratic cities everywhere
@@trumpisgod2535 Of course, this is where all the poor people go, trying to find a job or get on welfare.
Thanks a lot, Fred Armisen.
Yeah these are the same people in Portland that'll say it's not a crime they can afford to have their stuff stolen. I hope they feel it.