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Neighborhoods are communities, empty storefronts are just one symptom of community-waning overall. A lot of things are declining during covid, like social club
by Dumblydorr 5y ago
Neighborhoods are communities, empty storefronts are just one symptom of community-waning overall. A lot of things are declining during covid, like social club membership, in person gaming, in person sports playing, places of worship, dance clubs, bars, restaurants, etc. Just so many institutions were battered into an earlier decline due to Covid.
- cowmoo728 5y agoEmpty storefronts were a huge issue in prime manhattan shopping areas since I moved there in 2015. At least in Manhattan it's not due to covid. There may have been a brief spike in vacancies in mid 2020 but the vacancy rate in 2019 was already extremely high. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-12/vacant-nyc-storefronts-prompt-council-push-to-aid-small-business https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-12/vacant-ny...