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And if that is the case, could the closure of so many clubs nod to a wider cultural shift, particularly among Generation Z?

“Less than half of U.S. adults born after 1980 — those in the millennial and Generation Z birth cohorts — favor the death penalty,” Gallup noted.

The station referenced a poll suggesting many college students and Generation Z sympathised with the suspect in Mr Thompson's killing.

Fashion designer and academic Shazia Saleem said that people in Generation Z - those born between about 1995 to 2010 – often say in surveys that sustainability and ethics are important to them, but that doesn't necessarily come through in their buying choices.

Additionally, the large millennial generation is increasingly aging into homeownership, as the smaller Generation Z enters the apartment market.