Apple Permanently Closes North Carolina Store After Multiple Shooting Incidents

[giv-as-a-ciggy-kent]

I bet these guys become absolutely enraged when called what they are.

Why don’t you go ahead and do so?

I bet you’re worried that they won’t be. And it’s becoming a trend.

 

[ducknalddon]

Build-more-prisons.

America already has the second highest prison population rate in the world (behind the Seychelles). Doubling down on already failed policies won't help.

 

[lazyrighteye]

Why does this keep happening? The closing of stores in areas with high crime, I mean.

Not sure about you, but I find shopping stressful enough as it is. Dodging bullets whilst trying to find 32/32 jeans makes online shopping seem like a no-brainer.

 

[enterthemerdaverse]

The billionaire oligarchs of the world would love the US, even the world, to look like Detroit City in RoboCop.

The more violence, scams, pyramid schemes, gambling and hustling there is the more people don’t realize they are being robbed.

 

[C7 POWER]

Northlake Mall is total thug life, I avoid that mall hardcore. It used to be such a nice mall. Its sad.

I always go to the South Park Mall store when I need to go, that is always a great location and awesome mall.

 

[Princejb134]

This is only the beginning. Ultimately, all shops and shopping centers will disappear.
Everyone knows what the reason is.

everyone knows but can't speak about it

 

[drew0020]

Northlake Mall is total thug life, I avoid that mall hardcore. It used to be such a nice mall. Its sad.

I always go to the South Park Mall store when I need to go, that is always a great location and awesome mall.

The entire Northlake area has deteriorated. The only worthwhile store in the mall was Apple. Almost every other major retailer has left.

SouthPark is still pretty amazing but nowadays there are so many random (and not random) acts of violence. Sad to see this happen

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

Several other Malls in Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill have closed recently due to high crime rates and shootings in the area. Note that these municipalities have rather liberal Mayor/Police Chief
Ya think there's a connection???

It would be a connection if every town with a liberal Mayor/police Chief was a crime-ridden, but as you know that's not the case. But great try at making it political.

 

[lkrupp]

The Apple Store in my are has two ARMED guards at the front of the store.

 

[jk111]

Several other Malls in Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill have closed recently due to high crime rates and shootings in the area. Note that these municipalities have rather liberal Mayor/Police Chief
Ya think there's a connection???

I'd love to know which malls you are referring to? The few that have closed did so because they couldn't keep tenants since shoppers just went to the bigger malls like Crabtree and Southpoint.

 

[cmcbhi]

It would be a connection if every town with a liberal Mayor/police Chief was a crime-ridden, but as you know that's not the case. But great try at making it political.

Might wanna recheck your data base. Portland, Seattle, SanFran, Los Angeles, NOLA come to mind. There are others.

 

[VulchR]

Maybe the Geniuses should carry iRevolvers instead of iPhones.

A good genius with a gun? (Sorry - couldn't resist.)

Sad to see crime causing so much havoc. Something is seriously wrong with our society. Perhaps Apple should create a gunshot detector like the crash detector for car accidents. Only half joking here, but obviously such a detector would be prone to false positives during Quentin Tarantino movies.

 

[jimbobb24]

Good. These people can’t behave and done this to themselves. They don’t deserve these stores in those areas. Expect more of these closures as store theft continues to spiral out of control.

It’s just a tiny percentage of the population ruining it for everyone else.

 

[MacWiz_007]

Might wanna recheck your data base. Portland, Seattle, SanFran, Los Angeles, NOLA come to mind. There are others.

Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore, NYC, Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta, Philadelphia. The list goes on and on...

 

[jimbobb24]

America already has the second highest prison population rate in the world (behind the Seychelles). Doubling down on already failed policies won't help.

Actually prisons work great. The data on that is fantastic. Kind of expensive way to handle things but prisons are very effective at reducing crime.

 

[Velli]

Why aren't shops spread in the town, so that one can _walk_ from one to another ?

WALK? You mean, using your FEET?? How’s that even possible?

Last time I was in US I was staying at the same hotel as an American colleague. I walked by him while he was waiting for an Uber, and said I was going to walk to the convention, about half a mile down the road. He exclaimed, with a startled look on his face: “WOW, that’s ambitious!!”.

I got there first by the way.

 

[Velli]

The Apple Store in my are has two ARMED guards at the front of the store.

I know how you feel. My country has two armed guards at the entrance as well.

 

[satchmo]

It started right after Katrina, Charlotte received a large exodus of people after that from all over the affected areas. Criminality started to spike and has been getting steadily worst.

Are you suggesting people from the New Orleans area has cause crime to spike in Charlotte?

 

[webkit]

It would be a connection if every town with a liberal Mayor/police Chief was a crime-ridden, but as you know that's not the case. But great try at making it political.

Might wanna recheck your data base. Portland, Seattle, SanFran, Los Angeles, NOLA come to mind. There are others.

Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore, NYC, Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta, Philadelphia. The list goes on and on...

One factor is that most large U.S. cities (25 of the 30 largest) have Democrat mayors and it’s large cities that tend to get most of the attention when it comes to violent crime.

 

[redheeler]

It's amazing how things look when you manipulate photos. Here's how it actually looks.

It also just exists as a waypoint between places. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breezewood,_Pennsylvania

Even the zoomed-in pic looks way nicer than an average suburb.

 

[cmcbhi]

One factor is that most large U.S. cities (25 of the 30 largest) have Democrat mayors and it’s large cities that tend to get most of the attention when it comes to violent crime.

And, those cities have the most crimes per capita.
Also the largest fleeing populations.

 

[lovehateapple]

Next stop for North Lake: food desert

Apparently that's happening to some areas of Portland, OR. Just found out wallymart is closing both its stores in the city.

 

[DaPhox]

Any ethnicity in particular behind these shootings?

 

[ThisBougieLife]

One factor is that most large U.S. cities (25 of the 30 largest) have Democrat mayors and it’s large cities that tend to get most of the attention when it comes to violent crime.

Indeed. Tulsa and Jacksonville have high murder rates and are Republican-run. Colorado Springs has one of the highest rape rates and it is Republican-run.

Sounds more like these issues are more to do with the greater issues of large cities in general than any specific party. Large cities tend to be Democrat-run, but being Republican-run doesn't fix the problems. A lot also has to do with media. As others have pointed out, overall crime rates in the U.S. are down, especially from their peak in the 90s. But the "perception" that crime is getting worse is on the rise. Crime tends to be concentrated to certain areas of large cities as well.

And the only solution I ever hear (from either side) is "more cops, more incarcerations". Well, we're putting people in prison at very high rates--doesn't seem to be fixing these problems.

 

[ninethirty]

Maybe if Apple made an iGun and then gave them all to employees, and hell, gave them all to shoppers too. We all know that a good guy with a gun always saves the day.