They didn’t. That’s a well written article to make it seem like the two are connected. The quote and the closure.
But again i can’t imagine that theft is not a problem. It is. Just not the only one
Except libs on Hannity forum.
"From January 2022- January 2023 Portland Police showed over 27,100 reports of larceny (what shoplifting changes to when a person leaves the store) in the city. That averages over 2,000 incidences a month. It seems almost implausible that Walmart would close all of their stores in a major metropolitan area, but when a spokesperson for the company state “multiple factors” go into the decision, most can read between the lines and draw their own conclusion."
What the local news is saying. But our libs know better.
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Yup. 'Cause everyone knows what a good business model it is to close a store that’s making a profit 
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Exactly costlyandfuzzy thinking that is watching profits walk out of the door and keeping the door open.
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This is the left, what it stands for, what it’s done, where it’s going and what it offers…NOTHING!
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I see this charge a lot.
And yet, in the parking lots surrounding just about any new WMart that gets built, you find strip malls of all sorts of shops – and many are mon-and-pop stores. Ditto salons and kiosks inside the Wal Mart building itself.
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how many opticians will go out of business?
The same (types of) folks using the same university educations work KMart, Walmart and every retail chain.
They both target high-traffic areas, near interstate exits etc…
They attended the same schools, studied from the same books etc., heck sometimes they even change jobs, from Kmart to Walmart, to Home Depot, Bed Bath and Beyond, to Ford, to McDonalds to Exxon.
Ray Kroc often said he is ot in the hamburger business, he is in the real estate business.
Look on the bright side. Now the City of Portland can lease the vacant Walmart stores and convert them into homeless shelters.
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LOL
So in a sense, the homeless really did steal the whole store.
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I agree with this. Yes some stores will close but that’s the nature of small business. A Walmart moving in doesn’t necessarily mean tumble weeds throughout the rest of the small business areas.
Just looking at the Walmarts near me not many mom and pop stores. I see Aarons Rentals, Gamestops, Disc Replay, Check cashing and payday loan branches. Though I do see a couple of locally owned restaurants but these seem to change every year or so.
The problem with Walmart’s is the sheer range of items. Traditional small businesses such as hardware, sports, etc struggle when Walmart rolls into town.
Everyone expresses regret at the advent of big box stores but lets be honest we all use them and are therefore part of the problem.
The lib experience always seems to be a counter-example. 
Read my post i am not against Walmart but to say they are good for small business is just not true.
The reality is the high street (and the virtual high street) is dominated by a smaller number of major players.
I use Walmart now and again but mainly for video games and specific items on sale. I also use Amazon a heck of a lot.
I didn’t say they are good for small businesses. Don’t make things up.
I just said they show up around Wal Marts.
Maybe you shouldn’t have tried to jump in and play smartest-man-in-the-room with your lib counter-experience.
Retail theft in lib cities.
So bad now that they’re making shoppers REMOVE THEIR MASKS so that police can identify criminals.
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Why do you think everything is aimed at you personally? I just made a comment. I was giving my opinion.
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I’ll repeat myself: Don’t make things up.
Interesting video from Seattle.
I wonder if it’s like this in Portland
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Jeese … That Safeway is only about twenty blocks north of where my daughter lives.
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