Manufacturer that burned as Minneapolis protests turned violent to relocate

HN is a biz first, tech second kida place. The tech is here mostly to make money, with some feelgood PR sprinkled around liberally. While I agree comemnts may go offtopic, I think there is some insight to be had when to move your company, and if this is one of those times.

One of my tech companies moved from the gulf area to the rockies a decade ago as a result of the looting and destruction following flooding from a hurricane. Having spent 4 years, and millions of dollars, it somehow seems relevant to a tech biz conversation

If it's just 50 jobs, it won't really matter. But some will recall that many urban areas affected by the 1960s riots never really did recover.

Given the preponderance of attention that has been given to the "other side" of this "non-tech political" situation by this site--the happy-glowy "completely peaceful" protests (as mentioned by at least one other Hacker News commenter in a top-level, highest-ranked comment)--I think it's fair to show the effects of what really transpired over those days, and in particular their effects on business.

As the article states, near 1000 commercial properties were damaged, and 52 were completely destroyed. This business and its employees are not the only ones grappling with the effects of this massive indiscriminate violence, and I think it's important to see the effects of those actions.