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In the absence of a flair system on lemmy yet, let’s try to make it easier to scan through posts by type in here by using tags:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/20/opinion-broadway-upzoning-parking-chicago/
"If the city becomes more dense, where will people put their car?!!" he asks.
When WFH got popular during covid people essentially did that. And lots of smaller shops in the city suffered because of it. I know of at least 3 places I used to frequent that shut down from the lack of foot traffic around office hours post covid.
A lot of small businesses got hit from COVID and WFH growing nailed their coffin.