Gonna be a mess - got an excuse to agitate

[Irving]

Someone let me in on the joke of why Antifa would have a hard time moving into the suburbs. The only thing I can think of is less dense business locations and witnesses to see the shenanigans. I mean, I guess they could loot up a strip mall and scare everyone out of a Chili's.

[Martinjmpr]

Someone let me in on the joke of why Antifa would have a hard time moving into the suburbs. The only thing I can think of is less dense business locations and witnesses to see the shenanigans. I mean, I guess they could loot up a strip mall and scare everyone out of a Chili's.

Rioters/looters rely on overwhelming police response with numbers. They can concentrate in a downtown area because they all are down there. There's only one downtown, there's only one state capitol so that's where they gather.

Going to the suburbs would require planning and coordinating which would likely tip off the police who could easily drive off the handful of protestors who would likely show up.

Also, these 'activists' are playing for the cameras. No cameras = no kewl videos of masked anarchists venting their faux "rage against the machine" Makes it much less attractive to the rank-and-file anti-fa types who are all about getting their face on YouTube.