The Courier Herald, November 17, 2022, Everything housing on the Plateau | Part III
The National Community Reinvestment Coalition found two-thirds of banking institutions have disappeared since the early 1980s, with small banks suffering the greatest decline. Altogether, nine percent of all brick-and-mortar bank locations in the U.S. closed between 2017 and 2021. Consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch reported that the number of US grocers fell roughly 30% from 1993 to 2019, summarizing: “The trend is toward fewer but much larger stores.”
