Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey acknowledges a "rethinking" of the modern workplace and workforce with the advances in technology, and that the COVID pandemic has expedited that rethinking ("Target move jolts real estate sector," March 12). But it is quite feasible that Target's abandonment of its Minneapolis City Center headquarters is both an indicator of the city core's socioeconomic deterioration and a well-founded concern for Target employees' daily well-being. Let not Mayor Frey's diplomatic interpretations overlook the city's progressive politics' incompatibility with free enterprise and the resulting consequences.