The needed capital to re-start. They have lost the critical mass. For many small towns, these stores were started many decades ago. I guess technically, if a

The needed capital to re-start. They have lost the critical mass. For many small towns, these stores were started many decades ago. I guess technically, if a store can't be re-started today is kind of like also saying, if the small town can't re-start itself, then that points to question, why would a small town need to exist at all today. Think the end of this line of reasoning is that small towns have no reason to exist, so let them go?