> benefits all other businesses in the area Generally, but not always the case. I lived in Redmond for ~5 years and saw a ton of small businesses close up sho

> benefits all other businesses in the area Generally, but not always the case. I lived in Redmond for ~5 years and saw a ton of small businesses close up shop since they couldn't afford to keep pace with market prices for leases/etc. Heck we got our lease on our apartment terminated "early"(~2 month lead time) and the 1br/1ba was turned into a 300k condo. No way we could swing that price at the time(and it was crazy in retrospect). So we also moved out of the area.