They will probably survive unless the owners are seen as outsiders and become targeted when prices have to be made high enough to remain profitable, IE outpace cost expectations of area residents.

In especially bad areas the owners don't even allow people inside. The patrons have to approach riot windows and ask for what they want. The attendant goes and gets it, the patron puts in cash (these days with debit cards being ubiquitous they will have to have a means to accept payment that way as well) and then the attendant puts the item into a rotating box for the patron to get the item/s.

Life long NYC resident here so I've already seen the low points of prior decades.

They will probably survive unless the owners are see as outsiders and become targeted when prices have to be made high enough to remain profitable, IE outpace cost expectations of area residents.

In especially bad areas the owners don't even allow people inside. The patrons have to approach riot windows and ask for what they want. The attendant goes and gets it, the patron puts in cash (these days with debit cards being ubiquitous they will have to have a means to accept payment that way as well) and then the attendant puts the item into a rotating box for the patron to get the item/s.

Life long NYC resident here so I've already seen the low points of prior decades.