By shuttered do you mean fully closed? That happened to SF because it has so many office workers who don't live there, but it's worse because it takes years to get approval to open a replacement business there anyway.
If it's either covid or safety it'll come back soon - bad neighborhoods attract first wave gentrifiers.
I'm not sure about the homeless issues there, though I do know some of their affordable housing laws are counterproductive:
https://twitter.com/amyliztweets/status/1501645850707054593
By shuttered do you mean fully closed? That happened to SF because it has so many office workers who don't live there, but it's worse because it takes years to get approval to open a replacement business there anyway.
If it's either covid or safety it'll come back soon - bad neighborhoods attract first wave gentrifiers.