I realized fairly early on that COVID was coming for the United States. I was in Arizona when I read about the first cases in Seattle. In early February I started driving back to Seattle, hoping the whole thing would fizzle out. Nope. In March 2020 I started making plans.

The Capitol Hill Seattle Blog and The Stranger [https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2020/09/lets-just-get-these-out-of-our-system-suika-loses-lease-on-e-pine/] reported more closures - Take 2, Amandine, and Suika [https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2020/09/after-decades-of-recycled-fashion-retail-capitol-hill-consignment-shop-take-2-is-closing/] . Even if people are following local news, I think a lot of Capitol Hillers are going to walk out