This trend has accelerated in recent years and become a serious problem due to the opening of large-scale retail shops in the Kawasaki/Koshoji district as well a large-scale retail shop and a cinema complex that are under contemplation as part of a development project in the Senshugahara district which is near the Koshoji district.
近年は市内川崎地区・古正寺地区へ大型店の出店が相次ぎ、更に古正寺地区に近い千秋が原地区の開発も進み大型店やシネマコンプレックスの出店なども計画されていることからこの動きは加速し深刻な問題となっている。