I’m not against this, every time I go to Europe and see people living above the storefronts I think it’s a great idea. Now… I will say I’d rather have the thousands of small business stores rather than these massive box stores but the cat is out of the bag already in the us
I feel like this could get twisted to the dark side by let's say Walmart. Live above Walmart, work at Walmart, buy everything you need from Walmart then get cremated there. Probably while on food stamps because they still don't pay enough.
Yeah, people like Elon Musk are trying to revive the 19th century concept of company towns. Move your employees to the middle of nowhere in Texas, suddenly they're renting your houses, buying stuff from your store and basically never leaving. Quitting/getting fired suddenly involves uprooting your whole family to a completely different state on short notice.
I used to live above a grocery store with a food court and a handful of restaurants. It was fantastic aside from the occasional middle-of-the-night (or day) fire alarm.
