| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Demise of the High Street | |
| Posted by: | James Elder | |
| Date/Time: | 31/07/18 12:21:00 |
| I don't really like that idea. Why should consumers be punished for using cheaper, more convenient and (especially where supermarkets are concerned) more environmentally friendly vendors? It seems to me that we have to acknowledge that a lot of sales that were made on the high street are probably never coming back. Probably that means that we have to accept that the character and use of high streets needs to change. Back in the mid 19th century, Putney High Street was, at ground level, much more of a mix of commercial and residential. Maybe it will eventually return to that? As to the problem of high rents, in part that may be solved by the market responding to what businesses are able to pay but arguably the problem is more fundamental and is to do with the way that money is created and tends to flow towards creating inflationary bubbles in asset classes like property. That requires rather more radical changes in policy (see http://positivemoney.org/videos/ for details). |