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There's a restaurant near me that's been in business since 1472.
They went bankrupt in 2023. Weird kind of feel.
Man, the final owner of the business must have some interesting feelings being the one that drove it into the ground after 550 years.
They survived the Black Plague and the Spanish Flu, but Covid did them in.
~~Didn't realise we're living in 2225 already, damn~~
Edit: math no longer adds up to 2225 ad after op edited year to 1472 ad.
That would be 753 years ?
2225 - 1472
Yes, but op edited comment
My court house and my apartment building are older than America xD
Some American buildings are older than America xD
The Hudson Bay Company was founded in 1670 and went bankrupt this year. To think a company that indirectly formed an entirely new culture 300 years ago is now going under is wild to me.
HBC was effectively a "country" for a good chunk of time as well. It had full autonomous control of the land, it's own 'government', provided public services, policing, and it's own military.
I think it's a shame. It did some awful things in its early years, and it was mismanaged lately. But, I wish there had been a way to allow it to continue to exist as a business, even if it was just a single store and more museum than business. Who knows, maybe it could have had a renaissance at some point. Now it's just something in the history books as one of the longest-lived companies.