I'm not disagreeing with that, which is why I said it's the price of gentrification. There is a trade off. Also, there are successful urban districts where retailers own and live in the buildings they occupy and don't have to worry about soaring rent prices. It's too bad Tree & Leaf and Collective Thread became victims of the district's own success that they were integrally a part of. Artists and pioneers have always gravitated toward the seedier parts of town, but once rents go up and the economics of the neighborhood change they are no longer welcome and find some other haven for their work.
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