The crappy economy and Obombacare are killing small business. The Yellow Pages have shrunk to less than half their size around here. Many shops and services are out of business.
The Yellow Pages have shrunk because business owners realize only some of those over 70 still use them, and no one else. Everyone else uses Interent search engines.
Dozens upon dozens of “for rent” and “for lease” signs have appeared all over my dear home city. I’m talking businesses that have been around as long as I’ve been ALIVE.
And the stuff that IS coming in is not good either. The “main street” of an old section of a town has, just for an example, lost a venerable bookshop to become a God-d**ned sex-accessories store. Sure is nice for all the families that drive/walk down that street. If the place caught on fire I’d run and buy a bag of marshmallows.
But that’s about the only kind of business that can start up and make profit now: sleaze and sex.