Starbucks Went Woke and Now It's Paying the Price for Allowing Its Stores to Become Drug Dens
Spencer Brown
Posted: Jul 13, 2022 10:45 AM
Just how bad are America's cities doing under the watch of their Democrat leaders? Even ultra-woke Starbucks is pulling up stakes in Democrat-run cities where drug use, homelessness, and crime have made staying in business untenable.
"After careful consideration, we are closing some stores in locations that have experienced a high volume of challenging incidents that make it unsafe to continue to operate, to open new locations with safer conditions," Starbucks announced this week. That is, lawlessness has made it impossible to continue operating as a coffee shop rather than a mix of homeless shelter and drug injection site.
Unsurprisingly, the coming store closures are all in hellish cities that Democrats pretend are leftist utopias: Los Angeles, Washington, Portland, Seattle, and Philadelphia. The locations being closed, according to Business Insider, include:
Santa Monica & Westmount, West Hollywood, California
Hollywood & Western, Los Angeles, California
1st & Los Angeles (Doubletree), Los Angeles, California
Hollywood & Vine, Hollywood, California
Ocean Front Walk & Moss, Santa Monica, California
2nd & San Pedro, Los Angeles, California
10th & Chestnut, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4th & Morrison, Portland, Oregon
Gateway, Portland, Oregon
23rd & Jackson, Seattle, Washington
Roosevelt Square, Seattle, Washington
E. Olive Way, Seattle, Washington
505 Union Stn, Seattle, Washington
Westlake Center, Seattle, Washington
Hwy 99 & Airport Rd, Everett, Washington
Union Station Train Concourse, Washington, DC
more
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2022/07/13/rising-crime-forces-starbuck-to-shutter-16-locations-in-lawless-cities-n2610167
