This has been very much the case in UK high streets for the past few years (on and off since '08). In the county-town where I grew up a Starbucks (!?!) closed b

This has been very much the case in UK high streets for the past few years (on and off since '08). In the county-town where I grew up a Starbucks (!?!) closed because the rents were too high. Even before the pandemic, a number of shops have closed down in the last year, so it will be interesting to see what's left 6 months post lockdown. The only businesses in that town that have been booming are retirement homes... but after this I assume there will be a lot of empty properties.