Why should articles need to be generalized to the world? It certainly fits the Canadian and US markets. You can't have comprehensive coverage of everything and everyone in an article.
You can easily find problems around a lot of the points raised in this post in our dataset. If you cut too much around areas like food quality and service your NPS is going to slide, and if not turned around it becomes a leading indicator that the end is looming (e.g., Jamie's Italian).
We obviously don't track independent restaurants - chains only - but you can certainly see the effects of high rent and absolutely swingeing business rates[2] coupled with heavy downward pressure on prices across the whole sector.
[1] This isn't just restaurant chains: it includes pubs, cafes, fast food, etc.
[2] These are nothing short of an outrage in many parts of the UK. Local government will often complain about their moribund high streets, but do little to help their cause. The reality is that with costs as high as they are, and the convenience of online and delivery, it's extremely difficult for any kind of outlet to make money on the British high street.
But then property owners are accruing financial value through property price rises, they don't need to have leasees, they're still making money.
I don't understand why the Council isn't super harsh on property maintenance (absent landlords let their properties bring down the appearance of an area); and why the gov. don't levy high taxes for empty commercial properties. IMO high-street properties that are empty should be a heavy loss on landlords.
The internet is a _global_ space and there's very little effort required to make the distinction.
I would argue that the writers of these articles are the ones not understanding the "context of oneself" given how they think their readership is entirely American.