Shops and restaurants are part of what make cities vibrant places. And with many of them closed, urban spaces don’t feel the same. Atlantic staff writer Derek Thompson joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how COVID-19 is changing our relationship with the businesses in which we spend our disposable income – and about how that shift affects the places we live. His recent article for The Atlantic is headlined “The Pandemic Will Change American Retail Forever.”
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