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Your proscriptions don't seem to be that coherent, e.g., specifically your point about buses.

Anyway, the biggest problem is that the nature of retail has changed, and for the most part, stores can't function successfully in many categories at the "neighborhood commercial district level" as they need larger trade areas on which to draw.

The reason that restaurants open is that people eat every day, even if they don't patronize the same establishments.

Moratoriums are an indirect way to support retail, because they reduce the demand for and competition for space, reducing rents a bit.

But even so, most retail that can subsist is convenience (food, pharmacy, hardware).

by Richard Layman on Aug 26, 2011 1:16 pm • link • report

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