The validation craving is never sated. I recall when "if we could just get a Cheesecake Factory" and "if only we had a PF Chang's" were the phrases of the day. Well, they finally arrived, and you, me and everyone else has basically forgotten about them. Old hat. The same can be said for retail such as Whole Foods, West Elm, Container Store, Restoration Hardware, etc. Is it nice to have those places? Of course. Would we be somehow less of a city of one or more of those were missing? Not really.