@passthejoe@ruby.social @pseudonym@mastodon.online Bloop bloop bloop 🌊🦈🦈🦈🌊 Seriously though, real estate has gotten to be one of those expenses corporations externalize (even if only through shell games). It’s a knock-on from climate change that it’s gotten riskier and more expensive to insure real property. Add to that an increasing population with decreased resources like education, infrastructure, and entrepreneurial opportunities — with the natural consequences of that being increased violence and property crime — and I think biggies like Target, Walmart, Amazon/WholeFoods, etc. would much rather sell it off (or even just let it sit) and send in trucks and drones than pay local people even 💩 wages for a storefront.