That Albertsons is located on the far eastern edge of the "East Village" section of downtown San Diego. Although not as sketchy as it was back in 2000 when I moved to SD or 2006 when the store opened, it is a sketchy area. There would be loitering if the parking lot was at ground level in front of the store.storewanderer wrote: ↑August 21st, 2022, 1:26 am...A busy grocery store underground parking garage with a lot of people coming and going seems to be pretty safe. Some I've been in that are not very busy stores and seem to have a lot of loitering, such as, the Albertsons in Downtown San Diego, may not feel overly safe...
The VONS in Mission Hills San Diego has the parking lot under the store, but it is at ground level and the store is on the second level. The lot is very brightly lit at night and has always felt safe to me.