The Fulton Center Mall in lower Manhattan has announced it is walking away from its lease and closing due to urban crime. Many/most of the shops have already closed due to organized shoplifting and slow police response. Of course, Mayor Adams removed a lot of NYPD funding to service the illegal population, so the police are not motivated, and the criminals will not be prosecuted there anyway. Why bother to inconvenience yourself? Sad sign of how far NYC has fallen.
Another Side Effect of the RESET??? NPR is reporting a lot today on New Jersey being well known for food diners, and that many are closing down..... Have you heard this one?
No but I'm seeing it here too. Way too many small restaurants here for the population to support. Covid did a lot of them in. Many people got out of the habit of eating out. I expect more Waffle Houses to close soon. I have no idea what RESET means.
RESET is what the world is experiencing since Covid lies and destruction of so so so much....it's been t he plan of the world elitists.... reduce population and everything else.....
I think a lot of people just can't afford to eat out these days. Even fast food is no longer a cheap option, thanks to inflated costs and the push to raise the minimum wage (I'm looking at YOU, Newsome.) Restaurants have to pass along all the price increases to customers to remain profitable, and customers in turn eat at home because they can't or won't pay the inflated prices. Just think about all the increases we all live with... gas, food, rent, utilities, insurance--just goes on and on. A business owner has to deal with all of those plus government interference on employee wages.
Lots of businesses still cannot find enough workers to staff properly. On another forum, I'm reading of people who are shocked at the number of delivered meals that friends and neighbors receive. I think the economics of dining out are regional, but there are lingering effects from the lockdowns that are impacting carry out & delivery services. The Chinese restaurant in town will let you eat in, but they serve your food on paper plates and in carryout containers. They don't want to mess with dine in anymore.
It's neither fun nor comfortable to dine in a restaurant anymore. The few that survived the COVID shutdowns have inflated prices, slower and ruder service, and limited menus. Even the ones that aren't fast-food serve a lot of heated-up frozen crap.
The closures around here made room for food trucks to move in. Most have territory rented/staked out now. Some are really good but prices are high. Others seem... dicey on quality and hygiene.