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Originally Posted by FarmerHaight
This is ironic because there are victims on both sides. What about the business owners who move out of downtown and blame crime and homelessness, without admitting the business model sucked, market demand has changed, or they mismanaged their business?
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I'm sure you are referring to those business owners who fled Downtown Eastside neighbourhood back in the days? Hastings Street used to be the main retail thoroughfare of Vancouver, and now there are almost no retail businesses left operating from the stretch from Abbott Street to Chinatown. If what you say is true, wouldn't many businesses with "good business model that don't suck" thrive over there by now? Things at hand can't be further from the truth.