The “toxic” situation has not arrived. You are imagining a Walking Dead future. Relax.
People will shop if there are products that they want, at a good price.
Restaurants do fine. They all wish that they could sell alcohol and make big bucks on the bar. The restaurants, like Valley, are regional businesses. People come to Ridgewood to dine out, many love the fact that we have so many byob establishments. This is the crux of the “parking problem”. People from all over Bergen county come to Ridgewood. The busineses would like more but feel that they are hampered by lack of parking.
They need to come up with a solution that does not rely on me for funding.