I may be misinterpreting the general tone of these sorts of articles, but I usually get this impression: "selfish people who now work from home should go back to the office to keep sandwich shops open".<p>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 <i>business</i> pages don't see a changed situation as an <i>opportunity</i> 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.<p>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.<p>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.<p>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.