New York City has changed and small businesses have suffered

As with the rest of America, big companies have taken over spaces once occupied by small businesses, Gene Marks notes

Take a walk around the streets of Manhattan and you’ll notice something: there seems to be fewer small businesses around than ever before. Most of the storefronts that were for decades occupied by small-time merchants – assemblers, dressmakers and jewelers – are now taken up by nationally known brands such as Starbucks, Jamba Juice, Pret a Manger, Walgreens and other big companies.

Where did all the small businesses go? And does it really matter? To some, it does.

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