My friend's small hiking shop is dying. It's one story of millions | Katie Herzog

This could be the end of cities and towns as we know them. The places that make communities unique may not survive

Like a lot of people, I've spent more time talking on the phone over the past couple of months than I have in years. There's something about disaster that makes us want to hear voices and see faces, when, under normal circumstances, we're rather just text.

Unfortunately, the conversations I'm having are mostly dire.