Downtowns are dead, dying or on life support, says expert with over 50 years of researching urban policy

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Downtowns are dead, dying or on life support, says expert with over 50 years of researching urban policy
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I have a strong hatred for how many storefronts are taken up by "antique shops" (i.e. dusty warehouses full of junk you couldn't give away) instead of actual businesses in the last two small towns I lived in. Makes it so you can't really get that much shopping done downtown.

Don't hate on the antique shops. Hate on the big box stores that everyone goes to shop and has left the only possible business for a small store to become an antique shop.

EDIT: Also fuck dollar general

The tax write off shops for bored housewives needing something to do.