Editorial: Walgreens could join other major retailers fleeing high-crime parts of Chicago – Chicago Tribune*

"By voting with their feet, Target and Walmart sent a clear message to those charged with maintaining law and order in Chicago: Conditions aren’t tolerable, they said, in effect. They also don’t seem to think Chicago can get a handle on the problem in any sort of reasonable timeframe. Now Walgreens, which has a storied Chicago history and far deeper ties to the region than Target and Walmart, has issued its own warning."
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Hello, Indiana!
1 year ago

Between getting shoplifted out of business, such as in San Francisco, and getting their hind ends kicked by online drug distributors, Walgreens will soon be mentioned in the same sentence as Sears, Kresgies, Woolworths, Goldblatts and Montgomery Wards.

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