T-Mobile Shutters “Flagship” San Fran Store As Mass Exodus Escalates

“…T-Mobile has joined the increasing number of businesses that have closed up shop in downtown San Francisco. This is due to the progressive city leadership’s inability to restore law and order amid skyrocketing crime.

T-Mobile’s 17,000 square feet flagship store in Union Square is now vacant, as the San Francisco Business Times first reported.

“We recently reshaped our retail strategy,” a spokesperson for T-Mobile told SFGATE via email in response to a question about the departure. 

The spokesperson did not provide details about the date of the closure. However, an employee from T-Mobile’s Mission Street location confirmed the closure took place in April…

…Last week, Democratic Mayor London Breed admitted, “The challenges facing downtown require us to imagine what is possible and create the foundation for a stronger, more resilient future.” She suggested that there are ways to “fill our empty buildings” with residential housing…”

Notice that the mayor ignores major reasons that retail business is vacating downtown, petty crime, lack of policing, homelessness, mentally disturbed people, street violence. How can you get people to take up residence in a situation like that? Also, how can residential use in expensive towers normally used for commercial and business related office space be affordable for potential residential occupants?

The first step to improving conditions in San Francisco is reversing the terrible policies that have led to the current situation. If you ignore the disease and try to fix the symptoms, the fix will fail.

Residents in the San Francisco area have voted for single-party Democrat rule at all levels of local and state government over decades. Despite obvious evidence that the policies implemented by local politicians have failed, locals vote for the same policies over and over. This is multi-generational failure.

Below is a perfect example of the reasons for the business exodus. A completely clueless local politician doubling down on failed policies as if the policies may work this time. Unbelievable. Local people voted for this, so enjoy.

https://twitter.com/DeanPreston/status/1656023543333933057