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Blame the companies, government agencies, and anyone else mandating RTO and other outmoded forms of work. Plenty of companies are fleeing downtown for office pa

Blame the companies, government agencies, and anyone else mandating RTO and other outmoded forms of work. Plenty of companies are fleeing downtown for office parks in the suburbs as their lease expires. We will see how sustainable some of these downtown businesses (restaurants, coffee shops, bars, stores) are once the money from suburban commuters dries up.

stetrain 2y ago
In my experience "suburb" towns that have variety of density, including a dense town core, have more variety of healthy local stores and restaurants as well. It's hard to run a local restaurant when the houses are all evenly spread out and going out to dinner means a 30 minute car drive. Thus the proliferation of chain franchises in these areas.
- jjav 2y ago
  > It's hard to run a local restaurant when the houses are all evenly spread out and going out to dinner means a 30 minute car drive. Can you point me at a few suburbs (not out in the wilderness) where it actually takes a 30 minute car drive to get to a restaurant? I have difficulty picturing that such a place exists, but maybe I'm wrong.