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I believe Switzerland has a similar approach.

Anecdata #1: a long-established barber shop paying a fifth of the rent that the very similar empty unit next door was advertised for.

Anecdata #2: just too many ‘businesses’ which offered little of interest and which never seemed to have any customers; some shops even only opened for a fraction of the year (eg those selling Fasnacht regalia).

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Switzerland also has the 'hobby-business' problem, where a rich housewife wants to have a fashion brand or something similar. Walk through Niederdorf in Zurich for an example of what happens when this takes over...