HarriO)))<p>Giacomo Bottà argues that the death of live music venues is "rooted in the way real estate investors first benefit from nightlife culture and then force industry operators out of the area. When the area’s nightlife with its clubs and bars thrives, real estate investment companies can maximize their profits by raising rents for operators and the area’s urban, young residents."</p><p>Again, capitalism exploits and then kills everything that's worth anything.</p><p><a href="https://www.uniarts.fi/en/articles/news/research-how-to-preserve-vibrant-nightlife-in-cities/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">uniarts.fi/en/articles/news/re</span><span class="invisible">search-how-to-preserve-vibrant-nightlife-in-cities/</span></a></p><p>(The actual research article linked in the news is paywalled but DM me if you want to read the Author's Accepted Manuscript version.)</p><p><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/gentrification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gentrification</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Clubsterben" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clubsterben</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a></p>