In my neighborhood it attracts homeless people and deadbeat students, not people buying books, so stores tend to get shuttered.
People go to brick and mortar stores to browse, then go online to buy. Really, you’d have to be crazy not to, though I do make the occasional “guilt” purchase.
These days, having a physical footprint isn’t a winning business model—especially if it just provides a showroom for competing online vendors.
Yikes.