Once a 180-year-old bookshop closes and moves out, it's gone.
Yeah, if the tourists go and if the AirBnB revenue dries up, and the "locals" move back into the town, then maybe another bookshop will open in its place. But it won't be a 180-year-old bookshop. Part of the beauty of a historic city is the historic part. Once that's been erased, it can't be rebuilt again, except with the long, slow passing of more history. Until then, it's just another city with a bunch of new stores that are pretty much like all the new stores in many other cities. Except maybe for a couple of plaques that say "There used to be an awesome old thing here, until globalisation swept it away."
But the effects aren't.
Once a 180-year-old bookshop closes and moves out, it's gone.
Yeah, if the tourists go and if the AirBnB revenue dries up, and the "locals" move back into the town, then maybe another bookshop will open in its place. But it won't be a 180-year-old bookshop. Part of the beauty of a historic city is the historic part. Once that's been erased, it can't be rebuilt again, except with the long, slow passing of more history. Until then, it's just another city with a bunch of new stores that are pretty much like all the new stores in many other cities. Except maybe for a couple of plaques that say "There used to be an awesome old thing here, until globalisation swept it away."