I have seen great family restaurants close because the lease expired and the landlord wants triple the rent because the neighborhood has gentrified, but they still have their loyal patrons who cannot absorb the much higher costs required for them to stay in business. Then a McDonalds moves in. Large corporate franchise operations have the capital to "still be here" but smaller much higher quality establishments may not survive for a multitude of reasons, but one of them is not because they are not worth keeping around.