Setting aside all the environmental benefits of no longer needing to travel to and from the office every day, I also don't understand why these business pages don't see a changed situation as an opportunity rather than always viewing it as a loss. These delis were catering to a system that's disappeared, but in time there'll be new needs in the neighborhood, or new ways to use the premises, and create other jobs.
The people who were eating at this sandwich bar haven't magically stopped eating. They're just doing it somewhere else, giving their business and money to employ other people.
Where I live, nearer the edge of the city, all sorts of lunch restaurants and takeout places are flourishing. This is great because a lot of them are now also open in the evening, making the neighborhood much more alive and vibrant all through the day.
This is just a natural evolution that will stabilize over time. No need to force people to commute to an office for 8 hours a day, to keep a dinosaur system alive.
