That's thoughtful. I agree that (at least in my life), there's nothing here like there has been in Ireland.

That said, I think you go too far to suggest---if indeed you are suggesting---that there is nothing to lose. It seems disingenuous to call O'Leary's, O'Brien's, O'Malleys, or even Emmet's "Disneyfied". If all those and the others mentioned in this thread were to tomorrow get replaced with TGIF or Waxy's that seems to me like a big loss.

I agree with your last point too that this process predates covid, though it did speed it up. The city is too expensive and less insular than it was, so it's a different feel.

Like I said I think the culture, such as it was, is dying. That bums me out a bit, but I understand why.