Why the Economic Scars of Rioting Will Haunt Minneapolis for Decades | National Review

(Excerpt fr article 09 2020). “Pharmacies, groceries, liquor stores, tobacco shops and cell phone stores were ransacked, losing thousands of dollars in stolen merchandise...Many were looted repeatedly over consecutive nights. Other property — like gas stations, restaurants and even parked cars — was set on fire, with much of it completely destroyed. It’s no surprise that many of these business owners are packing their bags and moving on to greener, or at least safer, pastures.
“ ‘This was it for us,’ medical supply store owner Lisa Steffes told CBS Minnesota. ‘We are a family-owned business. It’s just not worth it anymore being downtown.’ In another example, the Star Tribune reports that a manufacturing company, 7-Sigma Inc., is leaving the city after burning in the riots, and taking 50 jobs with it. ‘They don’t care about my business,’ owner Kris Wyrobek said of city officials. ‘They didn’t protect our people. We were all on our own.’ ”
“An exodus of businesses is exactly what economists would expect to see in an area ravaged by rioting.”

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