You mean it is now Jim?
The only time I go shopping at the High Street (which the one with the most useful shops is about 20 miles away) is to get Christmas stuff, and I didn't even get to do that this year because pay was a bit wonky.
When you compare High street rent prices to online hosting prices, and then factor in the cost of petrol to get to the high street, or bus/train/tram tickets, and add parking or lack of to that. It's not particularly surprising that so many high streets are becoming rows of boarded up shops. We're in our...what...third recession in the space of a decade, people go for the cheapest option, which in 9/10 cases right now is online.
If people want to reverse the trend, then High streets need to be made easier to access, cheaper to use and have a bigger incentive for customers (read lower prices).
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