Lets translate this. The theft is so bad they cannot stay in business.

@jaychong12

Жыл бұрын

And high rent proposed by politicians every year.

@ronwinkles2601

Жыл бұрын

You hit it on the head! Walmart is all about the bottom line. They will close a store in a minute if it is not profitable. It is sad all these major Democrat cities and states are slowly eroding away. I remember Honolulu as a beautiful, clean, peaceful city a place of fun and joy and a blessing to our Nation. However, this was when Democrats and Republicans equally supported law and order.

@aztekempire

Жыл бұрын

​@@ronwinkles2601 This is in Hawaii, I don't think the shoplifting is the problem on this case

@checkoutmyyoutubepage

Жыл бұрын

@@jaychong12rents are not controlled by politicians, dumbass.

@checkoutmyyoutubepage

Жыл бұрын

@@ronwinkles2601Name a perfect Republican city?

The death spiral of "compassionate" policies regarding homelessness and crime causing less foot traffic, less customers, store closings, lower tax revenue and finally general decline. You get what you vote for.

@johncarter1137

Жыл бұрын

Very well said. Leftist blight ruins all it touches.

@bukboefidun9096

Жыл бұрын

They will vote dem even when the Chinese come in to enslave them... as long as the dems are in favor of the enslavement... voters are that programmed and dumb

@Jl2damax

Жыл бұрын

Well Hawaii is also getting too expensive for the locals so it’s not just that. Vegas is seeing a big influx of Hawaiians.

@ipenguin3918

Жыл бұрын

@@Jl2damax They big gamblers?

@caiusmadison2996

Жыл бұрын

Push the evil out, or you get pushed out.

I had lived in Honolulu for more than a decade. Last year when I returned for work, I was so shocked and disappointed! It's not like the paradise that I used to feel. Everything changed including people. The streets were full of homeless weirdos and violent crimes appeared on daily news.

@sonofthebigguyenemyofcornp4403

Жыл бұрын

Stop voting for democrats.

@seandidsomething

Жыл бұрын

Its like a spreading disease

@deenaprice1524

Жыл бұрын

Literally had no idea Honolulu was in this condition. Everyone hears about San Francisco, LA, Portland, and Chicago. I thought Hawaii was doing well. Wow...

@belialrott

Жыл бұрын

@@deenaprice1524 The trash that reared American hating Barry hussain I'm shocked

@williamshook982

Жыл бұрын

You ain't seen nothing yet, me wonders what it will look like at the end of Joey's second term as POTUS? 😮

Isn't it odd that businesses that experience significant shop lifting and cannot turn a profit seem to be closing down? It's almost like we need policing and district attorneys who actually lock up criminals.

@dvr5050

Жыл бұрын

Lol district attorney you're funny

@wreckim

Жыл бұрын

It's not criminal activity in the normal sense though, it is people just going in and taking things to eat, and stuff to make them more comfortable in their makeshift tents. They don't care if they get arrested; they probably won't be arrested either. You are right of course, but the real culprit is compassion. Compassion is a human weakness without a collective plan. The plan is not there, because we are divided.

@normanhopkins6114

6 ай бұрын

I'll bet they're not stealing work boots.@@wreckim

It breaks my heart to see a community get exactly what it voted for

@kawikadavid8958

Жыл бұрын

No worry they are still going to vote for the democrats again.

@libertyninja

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@gerrygalvan7313

Жыл бұрын

Go woke, go broke...

@jaychong12

Жыл бұрын

Lol.

@truck6859

Жыл бұрын

Our vote has consequences.

No law and order, no business.

@fredricksmith-something.2125

Жыл бұрын

It's not just that. Good lord grow up

@Numbingbird

Жыл бұрын

@@fredricksmith-something.2125 "It's not just that" Okay then elaborate??

@NatsumeKonno

Жыл бұрын

Security guards aren't allowed to stop them. It's to dangerous to get assaulted back. If you stop them then get hurt it could mean hospital and ambulance bill vs a $1000 TV. It's cheaper to just take that lost vs $100K in fees. Criminals no This and they aren't scares because no one wants to report crimes and do paper work.

@seekingserenity1902

Жыл бұрын

Fact🔥

@MichaelOBrien71

Жыл бұрын

@@fredricksmith-something.2125 what is the reason then?

This is what happens when you vote with emotion instead of facts and reality.

People often vote for their own demise. Stupidity breeds crime, and inflation.

You can't really feel pity for people who support and maintain the system that screws them so hard.

@nephitedecent

Жыл бұрын

We’ll said!…you get what you vote for!

@daval5563

Жыл бұрын

@@nephitedecent And that's the system that screws them eh? People are too ignorant to work together in respect, dignity, and diplomacy for the greater good, the highest potential, the holy and Divine Win/Win. You can't fix that special brand of self inflicted retardation and it's a sin how that kind of S.I.R. fixes itself.

@mynameisben5133

Жыл бұрын

@@nephitedecent Conservatives do love them their dead beat states who rely on the federal government

@frankmundo4300

Жыл бұрын

Fk walmart

@NoComment-xd9qp

Жыл бұрын

The problem is democracy. Inferiors are given the same vote as their betters and since the beginning of time inferior people have outnumbered superior people. When this leads to clear systemic failures you act like the result is just. It is not. In a just system the superior would rule over the inferior regardless of whether the inferior consented to this rule.

These businesses aren't stupid. People steal them blind and sleep in front of the stores on the sidewalk while law enforcement is impotent. Not just Honolulu, all over the US.

@msway836

Жыл бұрын

Cops shouldnt be in the business of a social worker

@lonnieosbourne818

Жыл бұрын

thank the voters//

@danielearhart6467

Жыл бұрын

​@@msway836 The cops are not enforcing the laws idiot.

@PDZ2028

Жыл бұрын

Only in Democrat ran cities.

@289cobra9

Жыл бұрын

Biden's America.

I live in a red state and our community is thriving. We don't have any of these issues. Our police department is respected and they are doing their job to keep us safe.

@MrHoojaszczyk

Жыл бұрын

That's what I'm saying. Red states are safe and profitable.

@bradleywoodie9219

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHoojaszczyk isn’t that we’re all the mass shootings are? Lol

@bradleywoodie9219

Жыл бұрын

Red states are where mass shootings happen lol

@MrHoojaszczyk

Жыл бұрын

@@bradleywoodie9219 Have you checked shootings in inner cities? What are the stats?

@sgrover76

Жыл бұрын

Downtown Honolulu is not indicative of the rest of Honolulu. Downtown Honolulu was always very seedy. There is a thriving Walmart a 10 minute drive from the downtown one. It's not like Honolulu is losing all it's businesses. I would say that things are definitely getting worse though, but not like it's LA or New York City levels bad -- not even close.

One of many factors that Walmart doesn't want to say is SHOPLIFTING!

@ChatBloom

Жыл бұрын

People voted for it.

@kawikadavid8958

Жыл бұрын

You might be right because democrats protect the criminals so nothing happens to them. It would be nice to have the crooks do community service if convicted and if they do again 2 years in prison.

@kawikadavid8958

Жыл бұрын

@@ChatBloom yeah if you vote democrat you got what you wanted which is this and more.

@ronwinkles2601

Жыл бұрын

Walmart is too politically correct, but Clinton and Biden are two different people when it comes to law and order.

@msway836

Жыл бұрын

they didnt even mention homelessness

Downtown morphing into one gigantic homeless camp sounds like a trend across USA😢

@MA-yl1er

Жыл бұрын

Only in democrat cities though. Huh no idea why lol

@eckankar7756

Жыл бұрын

We've become too passive and overlook those that seek out to destroy the quality of life it's taken centuries to develop. Stop rescuing losers and let them destroy themselves.

@frankmacleod2565

Жыл бұрын

​@@MA-yl1er you must be delusional

@chadwells7562

Жыл бұрын

@@eckankar7756 Don’t worry, reality and entropy will always assert themselves! The only question is how much pain we have to endure when reality raises its ugly head.

@sendthis9480

Жыл бұрын

@@MA-yl1er And where exactly do you think they come from?!? You’re literally boasting that someone else has to take care of your trash for you.

I was in transition from a flight to Fiji from Guam and went to the McDonald's by the airport. Man, the amount of druggies I encountered just within a 10 minute time period made me wanna go back.

If Wal Mart is a "pillar of downtown" as that one person said, maybe they should have supported shop lifting prosecution to deter crime.

Kinda arrogant to say another store will take the place of a store leaving. City council members are killing cities across the USA. The increase of tolerating crime is a reflection of the minds of the people who voted in these areas.

@scvandy3129

Жыл бұрын

"williamwade66972," "Kinda arrogant . . . " ? -- it IS arrogant.

@nobodyforgets1552

Жыл бұрын

Vote him out

@Automedon2

Жыл бұрын

To say a Korean market will take the place of a Walmart that sells everything is pretty pathetic

@dannybaldwin7343

Жыл бұрын

🤔 Expensive you're on a island . Everything has to be shipped in. I couldn't afford to live there.🍍🤑🍍

@claudermiller

Жыл бұрын

It's not tolerating crime It's not having the ability to control it. Do you have any idea how much it costs to keep someone locked up? No one wants to pay taxes. No one wants jails in their neighborhood. What exactly is the alternative?

So even Hawaii is a dump now

@oldsaerotech1167

Жыл бұрын

ALOHA has over 500 different meanings.

@chadwells7562

Жыл бұрын

Hawaii has always been a dump bro

@jet613

Жыл бұрын

I'd say some parts are but not all of it.

@Nickgyw6

Жыл бұрын

Parts of downtown Honolulu are pretty industrial and/or sketchy. but definitely not all of Hawaii

@ChatBloom

Жыл бұрын

They voted for it.

I know people keep saying that it's cause of shoplifting that these Walmarts are closing but I notice it's specifically Walmarts closing all over the U.S. , I think another part of this is Amazon, Kroger and especially Dollar stores are chipping away at Walmarts bottom line...The Walmart near me doesn't have much trouble with shoplifting but it's empty most of the time, more workers than shoppers...

@johnstuartsmith

Жыл бұрын

The problems with downtown brick and mortar retail stores and suburban malls has to include Amazon, but few people bring up that obvious possibility. So many of us have stopped buying anything from anywhere else that Amazon has to be as important a factor as the other very real problems shown in this video.

@donaldlyons17

Жыл бұрын

@@johnstuartsmith Yep I think you two are right the problem has to be selling enough to keep the store open.

I was just at that Walmart in downtown Honolulu 2 weeks ago. I mention this because I want to brag that I flew to Hawaii for my birthday. Really don't care if they close.

Walmart is closing every store in Portland, Oregon tomorrow. Anyone familiar with Portland won't have to wonder why. Out of control Shoplifting and crime at their stores. Then this week Cracker Barrel Restaurants announced they were closing, all their restaurants immediately in Portland Metro. Yes you get what you vote for, and businesses are fed up with the crime and everything else. I don't blame them for closing at least in some areas of the USA. I'm sure its the same problem in Honolulu, as to why Walmart has had enough there also and is closing.

@scvandy3129

Жыл бұрын

"BlueSky-gu2bx," "Anyone familiar with Portland would have to wonder why." CORRECTION; retype as: "Anyone familiar with Portland won't have to wonder why."

@kjh5317

Жыл бұрын

Didn’t know they were all closing. Thanks for the update. Not surprised at all. It’ll continue until voters choose different leadership. The policies are driving away businesses.

@charlesnichelson219

Жыл бұрын

You all voted this administration in now your seeing what happens. Vote red next election.

@redwolfexr

Жыл бұрын

Both of them? Notice you did not mention the other 18 stores within a 15 mile radius. Or the fact that both stores were in older dying shopping centers, with brand new Walmarts less than 3 miles away? Yeah.. guess that didn't fit your narrative.

@BlueSky-gu2bx

Жыл бұрын

@@redwolfexr My information was exactly as was reported by news stations across the USA. I'm not the reporter or the news channel. The info given by the news is All Walmart's in the city of Portland, Oregon are closing on March 24, 2023. This has been on the Florida TV stations, Fox News, Cnn and I'm sure many others. Their story is in regards to the city limits not suburbs. If that upsets you then talk to Walmart or the TV stations, that you want them to list the 18 other Walmart's in the suburbs.

If officials were tougher on crime we wouldn’t have this

@ChatBloom

Жыл бұрын

If people had common sense we wouldn't have this.

@utterbullspit

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, sure

@cigarillo22

Жыл бұрын

How can they tough on crime when they are criminals too

@Roman-vh1rr

Жыл бұрын

@@cigarillo22 small percentage are bad for sure

@lonnieosbourne818

Жыл бұрын

thank your voters

I love it when community get exactly what it voted for

@terryslota2224

Жыл бұрын

democRATS

@jeffschmeganheiman

Жыл бұрын

These communities are an embarrassment to themselves. Now they're going to move and do it somewhere else all over again. Protect you community or lose it.

Homeless is the problem! I visited Honolulu before pandemic. The situation with homeless is the same as my city. The homeless that encountered in my city and Honolulu are similar. These people need help. They need to get a life and not just be a homeless person and endangering others!

@slothmonkey9579

Жыл бұрын

If only it were that simple. Blame a system that deinstitutionalized mental health to save money.

Many people are leaving the islands because the cost is to high and are going to western states. Even to sell your house is hard my brother told me. A couple of months ago I met a woman moving to HONOLULU with her husband and they already bought a condo for cheap and she paid up front. I told her Hawaii is not cheap, nothing is

A Korean market is nice, but is not the same as being able to go to a nearby pharmacy and get prescriptions filled. Criminals with no consequences for their actions are ruining everything for everybody.

@lennylee6528

Жыл бұрын

Vote red

@eckankar7756

Жыл бұрын

@@lennylee6528 it's happening just the same in red states.

@shadowsilverlight1651

Жыл бұрын

​@@eckankar7756 dont expect these idiots to understand

@subicstationditosailor4053

Жыл бұрын

​@eckankar I am not sure what percentage of big cities are blue but every color state has big blue cities.

@peachmango5347

Жыл бұрын

Meanwhile --- "experts" are saying all the things that give us this world we now live in and those "experts" can never be wrong or challenged apparently

The increasing number of homeless people downtown is just part of the problem. Downtown Honolulu does not have sufficient downtown residents to keep the them profitable and they rely a lot on the office workers who commute to downtown to keep them in the black. Nowadays, a substantial number of downtown office workers no longer work in their offices five days a week. They may just go into the office a couple of days a week and then work remotely from home. It's very evident during lunch time. A lot of the small eating places are struggling. It doesn't help that HPU has moved its campus a few years back, which further reduced the foot traffic for the downtown businesses. I have been working in downtown Honolulu since 1993 and am really sad to see all the businesses struggling.

@AlisaRed

Жыл бұрын

I see..it's the domino effect

@sbyrstall

Жыл бұрын

That was one thing I noticed when my wife and I went to Maui, a lot of homeless.

@Mikesorrento3344

Жыл бұрын

Keep voting democrat. Keep getting same results.

@garrygraves3848

Жыл бұрын

Good points . Also, more and more people are using online services when working from home such as Door dash and Amazon that is killing businesses as well.

@tn-titan6159

Жыл бұрын

So much for "Build back Better" let's Go Brandon

I feel bad for all of these people who are going to have to go somewhere else to steal.

Many older inner cities have the same issues. There are also successful stories of cities luring those who live outside the city back in with jobs, housing and shopping within blocks of jobs, restaurants and living. Urban planning is not easy, but can be done successfully.

It's odd that I never hear stores closing in states like Dakotas, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, Nebraska, etc... but do in places like Illinois, CA, Oregon, NY, Washington, and now Hawaii. I do see a major pattern. Hint: Voting habits.

@da808fam5

Жыл бұрын

vote DEMS out!!!

@amirthephotographer

Жыл бұрын

So stores like Wal-Mart.....only wants to serve loser communities with low populations ???

@richardray1942

Жыл бұрын

Go woke, go broke! 😮😅

@dogsense3773

Жыл бұрын

Weather, my friend

@markbajek2541

Жыл бұрын

Walmart closed the Juneau alaska location a few years ago. (under performing).

Downtown Seattle, portland, LA, Chicago, SF, and now Honolulu. Walmart and other large box stores are just shutting their doors because of homeless, theft, bad business climate. What do all these cities have in common?

@malisengjabum5959

Жыл бұрын

Democrats in power.

@maximusthemerciful9452

Жыл бұрын

Liberals.

@liambenjamin2827

Жыл бұрын

all them voted for Defund the police.

@JTravels2Hike

Жыл бұрын

BLUE......🥲

@mustangracer5124

Жыл бұрын

Ummm.. lemme see.. hmmm?.. DEMOCRATS?

When you don’t punish shoplifters, shoplifters punish businesses.

I live on the mainland in Santa Cruz. A neighbor moved to Honolulu two months ago and he already regrets it. In fact, I know people that have left Hawaii to come here. While it isn’t perfect, there’s no island fever. There is SO much more to do and SO much more space and it’s not quite as expensive!

Locals are not worried. We know this because we see how they vote.

@rameyvision

Жыл бұрын

The is rigged.

@simondadrilla2607

Жыл бұрын

Doesn’t matter who they voted for, because this has been happening for the past 20 years.

@pamelanadel3787

Жыл бұрын

Keep swallowing the koolaid. You are destroying your state just like California.

@tammeraeads7850

Жыл бұрын

Comedy LOL, that's about what I said! Elections have consequences, you get what you voted for....

@sosuss

Жыл бұрын

Happy Valley (Maui) locals have huge opinions about these big corporate invaders. Yes they’re bring work to the city yes they provide products to be available easily but it cuts down on the most important aspects of a community and that’s culture. Give the land back to the people.

Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and now Honolulu. Anywhere liberal, progressive leaders run the local government, things tend to collapse and turn into places business leaves.

@edwardharley9

Жыл бұрын

Also anywhere that blacks run government and the school board... look at Detroit..

@terryslota2224

Жыл бұрын

all democRATic run cities, you voters are getting what you deserve...

@soavemusica

Жыл бұрын

Vote the liberals, see what happens...

@spicyapplesauce1868

Жыл бұрын

meanwhile in red states school kids get shot

@t.g.7180

Жыл бұрын

Chicago, New York, Minneapolis, Baltimore, New Orleans, Austin...its everywhere. Now Phoenix is awful!!

Same thing is happening in Portland, Oregon. Walmart recently closed its last two stores in Portland although the Portland Metro area still has a dozen Walmarts. Wokeness is spoiling the city.

@terryslota2224

Жыл бұрын

democRATS

The flip on Walmart is kind of funny. Not too long ago every one was complaining about how big box stores like Walmart were destroying communities, putting smaller businesses out of business. Now they cry when Walmart leaves.

Strange how the places who claim to be the most compassionate end up with the highest rates of despair. It will take you a lot longer to get out of this mess than it did to get into it, but first you have to realize your error(s). Until then, enjoy the fruits of your actions.

@BrianKabonyo

Жыл бұрын

As opposed to the daily uncivilized violence & homelessnes on the mainland? Yeah no thanks.

@jacquelynn2051

Жыл бұрын

Dude. This is the result of actions taken years ago like before a stock market existed. Why don't you understand this?

@ronwhitfield8356

Жыл бұрын

take your unAmerican hate and stuff it. thx

@georgfriedrichhandel4390

Жыл бұрын

@@jacquelynn2051 Can you please explain? What actions caused these problems?

@jpsf99

Жыл бұрын

West Virginia is a red state and one of the poorest and most obese states.

Why would businesses want to operate in an unsafe cesspool? Clean up the streets and move working people back into the neighborhood.

@mikeheath7551

Жыл бұрын

That would be a waste of time until "we" clean up the cesspool of government that was never legally and lawfully voted for in the first place! How is that election fraud working for Americans now? M

Rampant shoplifting by POC is responsible for store closures in every major US city.

Where the mayor and the governor when you need them. Hmmmm hiding in their office asking for a pay raise..

@Waynes-xt9gr

Жыл бұрын

people love bargains....people shop for cheap items.....they aint gonna shop at a korean store!!!!

@johnsotelo3125

Жыл бұрын

Not all people on Oahu is wealthy, people on the bottom can only afford so much, don't just spend all your money in one day, think about the day after tomorrow. If you are wealthy you have nothing to complain about. Because you are not struggling

@jon6309

Жыл бұрын

Dey wen close da Loves Bakery in downtown only wey to get da dalla stale 🍞

@albertgray3677

Жыл бұрын

I miss getting cheap little debbies and hostess from loves bakery in Alaska 1.00 for a box was the best

@sammatsusaka823

Жыл бұрын

HOOKERS getting expensive. That's why they need a raise.

When Wally World closes it should be a sign that things are bad

@redwolfexr

Жыл бұрын

They close stores all the time. Usually old ones after they build newer stores nearby.

@kobragangbit

Жыл бұрын

Don't make me sad 😢 she got her basket basket basket basket basket basket she got her basket basket basket basket

@eastbaykidd8574

Жыл бұрын

@@redwolfexr That's not the reason Wal-Mart is closing stores in Portland. You idiot liberals just can't admit that progressive policies are destructive and dangerous, can you?

@ronwhitfield8356

Жыл бұрын

it's friggin WALMART lol they suck as a store

Shoplifting, finally taking its toll.

I vacationed in Hawaii in 2019. Everything was so expensive there. Logistics has a lot to do with that, it’s not hard to see big chains like Walmart struggling there in the hyper inflation post pandemic era. I certainly don’t expect any Korean stores to offer residents affordable prices. They’re expensive here in LA, so I imagine they’ll sell some things at twice what Walmart charged.

@marblox9300

Жыл бұрын

Korean are well known to give you best price - they are a giving people.

@j95lee

Жыл бұрын

@@marblox9300 Korean grocery stores are typically expensive, because most of the merchandise is imported. Even local products are more expensive than what you could find in Walmart.

@georgenish

10 ай бұрын

Food items from korea are toxic. Don't buy...

Down town honolulu used to be bustling back in the 80’s, 90’s 2000’s. Now is filthy with crime homeless and crazy pigeons that drop everywhere pedestrians walking.

@fljetgator1833

Жыл бұрын

The effects of a left / blue state yankee ideology.

@sethaguilar8330

Жыл бұрын

Hawaii for Hawaiians

Sad but not surprised. I was in Honolulu early this year for vacation and was touring some landmarks and passed through this Walmart. There were homeless everywhere at both exits of the store and they were yelling at random people and it just felt very unsafe. Not far from this Walmart is the area Chinatown, and it looked deserted and equally scary. I must say Honolulu looked really really rundown, a sharp contrast to what I remember from 10 years ago.

@KK-sg5gl

Жыл бұрын

Yeah lots of homeless in Hawaii because of the weather. I don’t understand how homeless can survive in areas that snow in the winter.

@sea2959

Жыл бұрын

too many haoles

@eringemini7091

Жыл бұрын

Chinatown was "Homeless Central" before Walmart existed in Hawaii. These people just moved to where its easier to both beg & steal. Sad but true.

@eringemini7091

Жыл бұрын

@@sea2959 The White/Non Hispanic group made up 21.4% of the total population of Hawaii. Remember when you point at a person or a race, & blame THEM for ALL the problems, 4 other fingers are pointing back at you. You are a Racist.

@jeffs4483

Жыл бұрын

Democrats.

The smartest move for businesses is to move out ASAP, don't wait 2-4 years while it gets worse and worse.

Businesses will keep closing. Paying lease space is insane. I had an Antique shop near Seattle and l paid $1400 a month for rent. So l gave 1000's of Dollars of inventory and my Treasures away every month just to break even. It was painful. I felt like a fool. Ordering online is the way of the future.

One of the reasons we didn't stay in Hawaii after I retired from the Navy there...just to many homeless and issues. Even the local beach near us was full of homeless. We couldn't even take our kids there. 😢

@rasundesilva6088

Жыл бұрын

What beach are you referring to? I’ve never had this issue

@chuckh4077

Жыл бұрын

Yup. Kids playing around sand and find used needles. What fun.

@trey1sandoval

Жыл бұрын

People like you are the reason why

@BrianKabonyo

Жыл бұрын

The mainland has all that plus high rates of barbaric violence. Even in schools, yikes.

@pjhey947

Жыл бұрын

Why are they homeless? Oh Yes because of unaffordable rents and billionaires who want to keep their billions

Glad to see it, serves them right for their voting habits to include that reprobate Senator of theirs

@dkveracity65able

Жыл бұрын

Due to the traditional norm of always voting the same way, there's no balance or questioning our government. Now we are like Chicago or Puerto Rico, NYC, ect.

@mustang7603

Жыл бұрын

@@dkveracity65able same thing in Commiefornia

@brekinla

Жыл бұрын

@@mustang7603 I looked it up, democrats have controlled the legislature in Ca since 1970. As you know, the voters will vote for more, more homelessness, more high cost of living, more taxes, the voters for 53 years have consistently voted for more. Currently dems have a super majority. Remember the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing hoping for a different outcome.

@okamijubei

Жыл бұрын

You mean because there Republicans?

@mynameisben5133

Жыл бұрын

@@brekinla That isn’t true. If California was still a red state it would have collapsed by now and would have had the federal government say it. Luckily California isn’t a degenerate place.

This is a trend happening everywhere, feel bad for the people of Florida who will also get what they voted for.

How is a Korean store going to decrease homelessness and criminals?

I feel like the Council Member thinks downtown areas rebuild fast when big stores leave. I have lived in 3-4 large downtown areas where when a big store closes the place stays empty for many many years.

@chadwells7562

Жыл бұрын

I think there’s still an empty Circuit City down the road a bit from 😂

@ianmackenzie686

Жыл бұрын

Millennial or possibly zoomer. They don't know squat, especially the liberal ones.

@michaelmurphy6869

Жыл бұрын

In some cases the city goverment really doesn't care if the business is there or not as long as they still get the property tax revenue. With Wally-world leaving the area, there still on the hook to pay the taxes on their property weither occupied or not. If Hawaii has income, sales taxes they may see a dip in the revenue generated by that location but they figure those layed off employees will probably find other jobs or transfer to another store and the customer base will also shift to purchase their needs from another store or online. To where they may gain back some or most of the loss tax revenue from the closing of that store. Remember its all about the tax money.

Be happy!😊 You all are so compassionate to the homeless! It makes up for it! Who needs stores and supplies? Huh?

@ronwhitfield8356

Жыл бұрын

let us know how often we can be of 0 compassion for you

@dereksbooks

Жыл бұрын

Detroit, Chicago, Portland, LA, San Francisco, New York City, all hellholes. Notice a common theme in these cities?

@ronwhitfield8356

Жыл бұрын

@@dereksbooks all lower crime rates than Gym Jordan's Ohio home town

@gh7829

Жыл бұрын

Haha right?

Bring back insane asylum...You're just letting the crazies breed outside

Sure the stores will be replaced by pawnshops, liquor stores, check cashing business. Hawaii had a nice run, but it's time to give it back to it's original people.

Portland, Oregon already shut down all its Walmart stores for the same reason. Something's not right with how homelessness and crime is being managed on a government level...

@whyyeseyec

Жыл бұрын

Govt created the Crime Industrial Complex. Closing stores is the result.

@terryslota2224

Жыл бұрын

democRATS

@steves3688

Жыл бұрын

Do they really manage anything well???? Post office loses billions a year, social security has major issues, defunding police, open borders, send TONS of money to other countries and fail here, $32 trillion dollar deficit....need i go on....

@whyyeseyec

Жыл бұрын

@@steves3688 Answer: No. Govt wants all the power and none of the responsibility.

For them to think those stores will be replaced by other stores is absurd. And even if they are replaced, it won't be long before they're robbed out of business also. Any store that does it's due diligence will see why the previous store left and will not open themselves up to the same thing.

@dimezrecon

Жыл бұрын

Are they bring rooftop Koreans in with that store. That'd clean up the area.

@andreinybakken9252

Жыл бұрын

You buy now! Two for the price of three, or I shoot you. Buy faster.

@derikuk2967

Жыл бұрын

If Walmart can make it the there, it can make it anywhere. Sadly, the very opposite is now proven to be the case... in several cities. When Walmart packs it in, you know it is grim.

@243wayne1

Жыл бұрын

@@derikuk2967 Exacary.

@KlodFather

Жыл бұрын

@@andreinybakken9252 - We are having a double price sale and we have people with vacuum hoses to go through the bottoms of your purses and pockets for loose bills and change

Sooo sad. It's the same in Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, etc. What these cities have in common? Your guess is as good as mine

With the likely exception of Honolulu, you'll notice that every city Walmart is now closing its stores in has a high black population.

I appreciated that it was one place downtown that I could find a public toilet. After 5pm the area becomes scary with all of the homeless. So I doubt if there were many shoppers in the evening.

Honolulu? I expected visions of Paradise. Did not know it looks like any inner city. The people look depressed. Hello from Michigan.

@lennylee6528

Жыл бұрын

Hawai’i is only “paradise” when you’re very rich Otherwise everything is very expensive the pay doesn’t balance out so you’re working 2 to 3 jobs just to survive

@kjh5317

Жыл бұрын

I think Honolulu does look like any major city. I’ve thought that when I have visited. But every other place I have visited in Hawaii has been beautiful.

@The_DC_Kid

Жыл бұрын

I've been to Hawaii twice and it's definitely not the "lush tropical paradise" often said about the place unless you compare it to the Southwestern US. Pretty much everything you hear about it is an embellishment. I plan on never going back even if it's free.

@SV-kr9fu

Жыл бұрын

To many people in the Midwest, Hawai'i may be a paradise. But in reality, it is not. I moved here from the Midwest a few years ago. Overall, I am still glad that I moved (and I will never move back to the mainland).

@jet613

Жыл бұрын

Kinda of happens when people move over and push locals out housing and job wise. Can't afford to live some where living costs too much and can't get a good job that pays enough. End up homeless :/ . I love Hawaii just wish there was a better solution for this other than more police. It's not fixing the real issues just a temporary bandaid. But like other said typically big city stuff. There's a lot of places that are romanticized but have real issues people don't hear about. And also there are still Gorgeous parts of Hawaii! I went last year and had a great time. Just need to avoid the super touristy spots and it will still be a great experience!

For any accomplished business analyst, it was obvious that many parts of the US were headed downhill decades ago and we left Hawaii for good over 15 years ago because of the obvious decline of "aloha" all throughout the state! California was a nightmare in the cities as well as Oregon and Washington state... The decline is due to the unConstitutional government betrayal for decades, as "we" have been driven to this destruction intentionally by the criminals in government, most that were never lawfully voted for in the first place~! Election fraud matters~! M

Wow I had no idea there were still Longs Drugs stores. I remember them being all over SoCal and they all closed.

Your vote has consequences.

@xwrtk

Жыл бұрын

The mayor of Honolulu is openly independent and has voted for trump. It doesn’t matter who you vote for.

@xploration1437

Жыл бұрын

Left wing, right wing, same bird.

If locals were really worried they would stop voting for the same party over and over again.

@jr-xs9tf

Жыл бұрын

Doubt they would even understand the correlation.

@F5_cena

Жыл бұрын

​@@jr-xs9tf they think democrats like them

@DavidZaG-

Жыл бұрын

they don't have a clue that 1 has to do with the other

@chriss2295

Жыл бұрын

So vote GOP? No thanks. I don’t want Hawaii to turn out like Florida.

@mesropmadzharyan6727

Жыл бұрын

Arizona has the same issue Mississippi has same issues should i continue stop playing the political game both sides are bad .

Crazy how the KITV totally ignores and fails to report WHAT IS CAUSING the stores closing...I wonder what it could be?

I feel like at this point America has to bring back basic human education and teach everyone that shoplifting is a crime, arresting shoplifters is not a discrimination or racist, and criminals have to go to prison.

Crime is closing the stores. You can't stop them or arrest them, and if you do they are back out on the street. Bail reform in New York has seen a surge in crime.

@dereksbooks

Жыл бұрын

It's almost like the citizens got exactly what they voted for. I'm very happy for these rotting cities. It's democracy at work, and I want voters to get what they truly want.

One of these days cities will figure out that democrat leadership just isn't cutting it.

@tnickknight

Жыл бұрын

You prefer a higher crime dumpy GOP state,. No one's keeping you

@msredherring

Жыл бұрын

@Ernest Sipes what will be worse if Gavin Newsome runs for pres and wins, he likes to let prisoners out of jail and closes prisons, he is now going to close San Quinton, and turn it into a rehab center.

@catherineblack2970

Жыл бұрын

I doubt that people will wake up and see it.

@sammatsusaka823

Жыл бұрын

If they LOVE PAYING HIGHER GAS/FOOD. Let them keep voting for airheads like Biden (Democrat)

@sushles

Жыл бұрын

They close in red states too.

How come this only happens in san francisco, oregon, seattle, honolulu, new york, Chicago?

I can remember when there were no Walmarts, Kentucky Fried Chickens, Costcos, etc. The only chain was Safeway. Mainland stores ruined local businessses.

Residents need to hold politicians accountable for this situation .

@jamescampbell9533

Жыл бұрын

These residents elected them. You get what you vote for. Don’t blame the politicians.

@The_DC_Kid

Жыл бұрын

@@jamescampbell9533 Dominion voted too many times.

@johnwindham6226

Жыл бұрын

@@The_DC_Kid Hahahahaha says who your trump and Mike lindell. Wow just wow you can’t fix stupid.

@saintpreferred9223

Жыл бұрын

Won't happen, they keep voting for more dems...

@kushkingla7385

Жыл бұрын

It’s called voting.

I’d also like to see the stats on how many people have left Honolulu and Hawaii in general because of the expense. Cost of living there was high before the current administration, it must be astronomical now. If they’re leaving, that would be another valid explanation for closing businesses………not just a homeless presence.

@scvandy3129

Жыл бұрын

As the stats show, the islands' loss is Las Vegas's gain.

@kdean2

Жыл бұрын

@RN G America has already Died*. It's not even close to the same country it was just 25 short years ago.

@greghelton4668

Жыл бұрын

The multi-generational residents are leaving in large numbers but they are being replaced with wealthier migrants. The population is increasing too rapidly in fact. Similar dynamics to other wealthy states like California.

@kushking949

Жыл бұрын

@@scvandy3129 Yeah lets move to las Vegas where you get robbed for being in the wrong area

@chuckruckus3648

Жыл бұрын

@RN G no. Just certain areas.

Good for small businesses to open up again. These unsightly establishments were like a cancer killing local economy

I bet the Korean supermarket does not have a pharmacy. If Walmart is leaving, then you know you have BIG problems. I am appreciative of the stores open in my area and would not want to ever see them leave. In my area though we don't allow theft, people pay for their goods and services, and we do not allow homeless wandering around outside stores. I am empathetic to the good people in Honolulu losing their stores. It will be a huge inconvenience and prices will necessarily skyrocket.

they voted for it

@rameyvision

Жыл бұрын

The vote is rigged, who votes for this?

@55chevytruck

Жыл бұрын

@@rameyvision They have voted demonrat as long as I can remember and I am 67 so yes they did vote for this.

People be like “we hate Walmart , support local “ the new like “ Walmart is a pillar of the community don’t go” lol😂

we owned a condo in Honolulu for twenty years. our last time there was just before covid hit. unfortunately it had gotten so awful in one year we decided to sell. I couldn't believe thy had torn down the International Market Place and built a lot of high end shops. the place was deserted where before it was bustling with activity. after thirty years w will never return, our paradise is gone.

Wow I know US is experiencing but had no idea Honolulu is also experiencing homeless and crime as well.. Why cant local officials step in and help these business owners???

imagine calling Walmart a "pillar" of your community. Just shows how pathetic the retail market has gotten in this country.

You Get what you vote for...

@rameyvision

Жыл бұрын

The vote is rigged.

@redwolfexr

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, in Texas we get the Y'all Queida. Its great as long as you are a Christian white straight male. It gets worse the further you stray from that baseline.

@The.Padgetts

Жыл бұрын

@@rameyvision only in blue States

You're getting what you vote for

@prayforthe_1644

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@r.pres.4121

Жыл бұрын

Bullshit!

Hawaiians: corporations stole our land. They should leave. Corporations: we’re leaving. Hawaiians: Why are you abandoning us?

Listening to that city council member, basically nothing is being done to change the degradation of the city. A new business will come in, then they’ll soon shut down…… No task force to clear out the junkies….

No parking and no-one has money anymore taxes take them all.....

@eckankar7756

Жыл бұрын

I'm shopping online mostly, but have to make sure I stay home when I get my delivery so porch pirates don't run off with my orders. I'm 69 and buying my first gun.

@ChatBloom

Жыл бұрын

They voted for it.

Go Woke, go broke. Let's go BRANDON.

@hallertau

Жыл бұрын

Yep, stay inside your little world and don't question anything. If you learn anything, you'll will demonstrate wokeness.

The problem is drugs, theives, and violent crimes, Not homelessness. I work, pay for everything i have which ain't much. I dont miss any days of work. But the system keeps me down.

Maybe the 'locals' should reconsider the type of leadership that they place in office.

This is what build back better looks like ......

@dereksbooks

Жыл бұрын

These must be the record jobs that The Big Guy keeps bragging (lying) about 😂

Thank the ACLU protecting all the zombies on Fort Street. After HPU left that place sank fast.

@crazyralph6386

Жыл бұрын

Every Marxist alphabet agency needs to be defunded and dismantled

what this means is that there is a big retail space now available for lease, locally controlled businesses can fill the void just as they did before Walmart arrived....

No Sympathy! You Vote. You Live with the Results.

@mikeheath7551

Жыл бұрын

The sympathy should be for ALL Americans who fail to identify and fight against election fraud! Most Americans NEVER actually voted for the criminal big oppressive government socialists anywhere in the US~! Pity the fools who "think" they voted for the criminals who corrupted their elections & corrupted America many decades ago~! M

@ronwhitfield8356

Жыл бұрын

you lost and stormed the Capitol lol

@georgfriedrichhandel4390

Жыл бұрын

As you know, many people don't vote and they're just as much to blame as those who vote for do-nothing politicians.

@pimpinace_175

Жыл бұрын

@@ronwhitfield8356 you are going to live in a modern third world country and your to dumb to see it yet

Unfortunately our financial system is collapsing and many don’t see this yet. It is happening in most US cities and other brick and mortar stores across the nation.

@jasonburt5404

Жыл бұрын

Just wait and see more of this and banks closing.

Failure to prosecute is the problem.

see when these companys wiped out small business every one thought it was great then they raised their prices took away price match and now closed the store should of protested them coming in the first place

State of Hawaii is a progressive left leaning state. When you keep voting in progressive left leaning politicians; democrats, you're going to have lenient policies such as defunding police, drug abuse, homelessness & crime. Businesses are not going to stay open in areas when there's chaos. When people don't want to face chaos, then sales go down. Sales go down, it's not worth staying open. Hawaiians, vote better!!

@Mikesorrento3344

Жыл бұрын

Keep voting democrat. Keep getting same result.

@michelleschweizer9000

Жыл бұрын

💯truth James R

@rooksandcastles

Жыл бұрын

Delusions. Republican (Red) states are the poorest and the most dangerous. Vote for better policies that actual help people get off there feet and off the streets.

@user-zb7tg5hi3t

Жыл бұрын

Liberal policies are why all these stores close up. Portland, Los Angeles, Hawaii and the list continues.

@patmcbride9853

Жыл бұрын

@Stranded NYer OK, Projectocrat.

Dear Honolulu, Hope is not a Strategy! Signed, San Francisco

@clock750

Жыл бұрын

Too funny, but so true....

@dereksbooks

Жыл бұрын

But hopium and delusion are the pillars of Democrats 😮

That what you voted for , business man’s and company will keep closing congratulations , and one more thing keep protecting the ppl who steal from this food store and let them go without punishment and when you arrest one of the bad guys his family come and say he is a good boy 👦 .

one thing in common liberal policies….😢

Does anybody see what these store closures have in common start holding criminals accountable

@kobragangbit

Жыл бұрын

Political criminals

@kobragangbit

Жыл бұрын

U can't hold the criminals accountable u have to look at the root cause deep within the system

@debbiescott6732

Жыл бұрын

Yes, they're in Blue Socialist Democrat run cities.