“The rest of that retail center has re-opened for business and life returns to normal in Waco, Texas.”
With this gang activity and mass shooting, Waco will go down in the American lexicon along with Capone’s Chicago, the South Bronx, Baltimore, Watts, New Orleans after Katrina, and Detroit after Jimmy Carter.
No, I actually don’t think the surrounding businesses (other than the Twin Peaks itself, which likely won’t even reopen) will be financially affected in the long run. Local patrons will just think “cool! this is where there was that biker gunfight!” This is Texas, remember.
On the other hand, if it had been a massacre involving women and children or any other multitude of innoncents, the whole area would be under a distinct pall that would affect business.
Not even.
These bikers were all from out of town. Waco will remain a nice small city with Baylor University at the heart of all things.