I live in a town with a large supermarket on the edge of the town centre. So far so normal. It also has a thriving main shopping street, which is not quite so normal these days. There are charity shops, but not a huge number. There are chain stores, but there are also independent shops and eateries.
Nevertheless many towns are not as lucky. The enemies of the traditional high street are out of town shopping centres, internet shopping, and the shortage or lack of free parking. The rise of internet shopping is not perhaps something governments can do much about, but governments can encourage local councils to provide free parking and also to say no to out of town developments.
If you want to save your high street, then maybe you should join a political party which actually wants to save it.
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