“The ones that shut down will just go work for/with a buddy. It’s been like that for years.”
Oh, well that makes it OK then.
Yeah! Don’t you know it’s no biggy when you own your own business to go to be an employee for your ‘buddy’?
I’m not saying it’s okay. The biggest loss will likely be to the locals. There will have a large commercial piece of property on the market and locals who benefitted (lunch places) will get hit...