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It's been true for a long time that people working at that store couldn't afford to live nearby (in general). What changed in the last few years though?
by jankyxenon 3y ago
It's been true for a long time that people working at that store couldn't afford to live nearby (in general).
What changed in the last few years though?
- intended 3y agoCovid
- DylanDmitri 3y agoStores with no nearby workers won’t spontaneously fail. But the situation is symptomatic of a precarious labor/housing equilibrium. In this precarious system, stores are likely to be toppled by external forces (Covid), and have farther to fall afterwards. Other cities, with more robust labor/housing equilibriums, are bouncing back from the pandemic just fine.