>the abuelita store i used to go to since I was 7yo was closed due to extortion and attacks by criminals, she also died of a heart attack during the attack...>magically, a week later a corporate built a soulless walmart style shop two houses away, and the retarted mayor came to inaugurate it.>for some reason, those kinds of corporate stores are never extorted or attacked criminals only seem to target small, family owned businessesu have no idea how soul crushing this is, they're destroying the only good thing this shithole have, my city becomes more and more a third world copy of a soulless western country
>>24211442sorry anonmaybe u wouldn't want to hear this from an american or from me specifically, but i see similar shit happening herei live in a small town, it's been getting "developed" more lately and it's fuckednothing good about it for the normal people who live here
lucky we don't have to deal with the same sort of criminal organizations thoughit's fucking pathetic that those sorts of organizations exist at all, there's such developed militaries & alliances between countries & surveillance state techyou'd think a consolation for all of the soulless bugworld shit would be zero crime, or atleast zero ORGANIZED crime
i'm glad u wrote about the original store though, it won't die the second death as quickly this wayit's good to write about the memories of those good things, it keeps them alive longer in a real way
>>24211442>for some reasongee I can't picture why criminals would only target small defenseless businesses run by grannies instead of large shops owned by megacorps which are totally not notorious for violent reactions to thieves in latin american countries.be glad you at least have some place to buy food and stuff.
>>24211449>be glad you at least have some place to buy food and stuff.o_o
>>24211444>>24211449organized crime has always existed here, but back then they didn't mess with small businesses or ordinary citizens, It was more of a war against the political and business classes. sure, there were always innocent bystanders who got killed, but it wasn't like organized crime was going out of its way to screw over the poor old lady selling coffee on the street which would actually be stupid, since they wouldn't make any money that way
If you've ever wondered why people in the thirdworld are so happy despite being poor, that was part of the reason, when I was a kid, the neighborhood felt like one big family, even though money was tight
>>24211442don't worry you'll learn to love civilisation™ before too long enough.>>24211457it is clear as day the thugs were paid off by the corpo to drive her out, though I do think diving her a heart attack was coincidental.I know it was the international corpos who set it up, because if I was expanding my business into south america, I'd do the same.shit I should, destroy all the local small businesses for cheap and then it's basically free real estate. I'm surprised private equity firms from the US aren't all over it already.
>>24211457>back then they didn't mess with small businessesthey just were more involved with selling drugs to gringos, and richer people were less defended probably. either way as richer people can't be targeted like before by them, they show their colors now not only to those who have lots to steal but also to the more impoverished strata.people who steal things in a natural sense are never cool.
>>24211442:(
>>24211442my coastal beach town used to be a paradise and has been overrun with yuppies and gentrification toodont have to deal with the criminal stuff thodo the criminals harrass the residents or people at all? or just the store fronts for $$?
>>24211442you should burn the wallmart down
>>24211442damn
>>24211442I make fun of you s lot but you're actually a good person, i hope you feel better
>>24211457i see>>24211466>that was part of the reason, when I was a kid, the neighborhood felt like one big family, even though money was tightyeah it seems like that sort of thing is becoming more and more rareworld getting colder
>>24213210Everything I say here is also just a joke, I don't really hate anyone here
