[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by JPs

It being NYC wonder how long before they switch to online only & just have voucher cards in the store. That’s the future of coastal city retail. Or they’ll just lose a lot of stock.

What a subtle partisan jab at NYC and other “coastal cities.” Aren’t you the “Target is disgusting for selling PRIDE mech” guy that had a bunch of comments scrubbed recently? Be careful consuming partisan "news"/entertainment and regurgitating it. Crime is largely flat year over between 2022 and 2023 in NYC. Burglary is down 12.5% and grand larceny (theft totaling more than $1,000) is also down. “Coastal cities” are not the wastelands that some would have you believe. How do I know this? I’ve lived in coastal cities (both in NYC and only ever 40 mins out from NYC) my entire life and crime here doesn’t feel demonstrably worse than it did when I was a child. The funniest part of all of this is that we ‘city-dwellers’ are unperturbed by life in rural America; we don’t sit around complaining or tearing at other parts of the U.S. as there are too many other things to do and be preoccupied with, such as living life and being happy. The store will be fine. I’ll report back here with factual deets after I visit, which should (hopefully) assuage your fears.