Adams' use of the word "ecosystem" is so right: that cute little block where you used to take a barre class after work, browse the shop next door for a new pair of leggings, then meet friends down the street for a drink? it all withers and dies if you don't resume normal life! https://t.co/nDLdU4RvF5

— Kat Rosenfield (@katrosenfield) January 5, 2022

One of the actual points of the pandemic restrictions was to hollow out these small and medium-size businesses. It worked! The plutes love it and want to do it again. This is the reason restrictions will be resumed, if they ever are.