[quote]Soaring costs, safety concerns and noise complaints are strangling after-dark economies from London to Montreal — but campaigners aren’t going down quietly.
A report from [Bloomburg] City Lab on the disappearance of bars, nightclubs, live music venues and other commercial nightlife points to a steady and international decline, even as cities like London attempt to become '24-hour cities.' Despite some recovery from losses due to COVID in 2020-2021, 2023 was a record year for closures in London and the UK. Cities such as Berlin are still climbing back slowly.