Everywhere here is the hood now with all the rentals popping up. Some of the places close down very early, because of a shortage of workers. I can’t resist those hot McDonald’s fries when my husband takes a trip to McDonald’s. It’s the only thing I order.
I homeschool my 12 year old because the public schools teach nothing and are over-crowded, so I do delivery on the side and always try to avoid certain areas. I can’t wait to sell the house after repairs are done after Hurricane Ida and move to a small town in the country where my husband has relatives.
There even used to be horse farms not too far away, but all that’s gone now.
Yes, my town has been changing like that for decades; more laundromats, check-cashing places, South American fast food, and every new construction is a multi-family.
It is an extension of “You’ll own nothing and be happy”; young people with no confidence in the job market don’t want to commit to mortgages - or children, so they see no point in owning a home (and they do retain some freedom/mobility by avoiding that). They lease cars, and when they die, the relatives need to simply drop off the leased car somewhere, return the rental unit keys to the building owner, list the pets on Craigslist, and that person disappears.