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Originally Posted by jfman

I didn’t say a High Street would be exclusively coffee, pizza and lager - I simply said there’d always be consumer demand for the products. The businesses would largely be viable (and employees have desirable skills) once there is a reset of property costs.

Yes I know. But if you take your two paragraphs together then a High Street much as now in terms of goods offered would be appreciated by the public.

I bear in mind that your observations are bounded by your dislike of "parasites" and "capitalism" as currently in force.

What you want can't happen except if the high street transforms into a combination of housing, local outlets of the type you suggest, banks (LOL), estate agents etc. Is that going to happen? Will people balk at the trick housing developers will pull to up the price of what they are providing?

It's very complicated and requires the strong hand of central government to curb the excesses that would inevitable arise. And all that assumes there is employment for most/all.