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nitpicker

(7,153 posts) Sat May 30, 2020, 04:52 AM May 2020

Do I think the rage-mad will see stores rebuilt for decades?

Do I think the rage-mad will see stores rebuilt for decades?

NO.

Where feasible, the land will be "redeveloped" for more immediately-profitable purposes such as condos, office buildings, etc.

And even more, the only fruit anyone there will see will be in school lunches (unless they splurge at the 7-11).

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Do I think the rage-mad will see stores rebuilt for decades? (Original Post) nitpicker May 2020 OP

I saw that one of the stores burned in Minneapolis was an AutoZone. My friendly local mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #1

During the riots in Watts the supermarkets were burned madaboutharry May 2020 #2

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,393 posts)

1. I saw that one of the stores burned in Minneapolis was an AutoZone. My friendly local

Reply to nitpicker (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2020, 05:29 AM

May 2020

AutoZone is the one on Mt. Vernon Avenue in Arlandria. If you've ever been in there, you know that the people standing in line with you are not hedge fund managers. Nor are the people working behind the counter.

Imagine that AutoZone being torched. What would the employees do to put food on the table? The nearby places where they would go to grab something to eat -- how would they deal with their lost customers?

Burning down stores destroys lives.

madaboutharry

(40,208 posts)

2. During the riots in Watts the supermarkets were burned

Reply to nitpicker (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2020, 05:59 AM

May 2020

and looted. It was decades before a supermarket went back in the neighborhood. People had nowhere to shop where they lived. It was tragic for the residents in so many ways.

What is happening is so heartbreaking. This stain of racism and all the pain and suffering that flows from it is destroying us.

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