San Francisco’s Dying Downtown

Major retailers continue to flee the culture of lawlessness.

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Nordstrom will not renew its lease in San Francisco’s Westfield mall, and will also shutter a Nordstrom Rack location. Photo: Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle/Associated Press

The politicians of San Francisco finally decided to normalize trade relations with the United States. But there remains an urgent need for them to ensure public safety before normal commercial relations disappear entirely from the City by the Bay.

The major retailers fleeing the city’s downtown have been so numerous that last weekend the San Francisco Chronicle felt compelled to publish a map so readers could keep track of the exodus. Roland Li and Adriana Rezal also reported new additions to the list of retail refugees:

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