I used to tell people in Jerusalem that I didn't immigrate to Israel but to Jerusalem. Frankly speaking, I don't miss Israel itself very much, but of course, I do miss Jerusalem!
What I miss most there are probably my favorite two Chassidic bookstores there: Heichal Menachem (in Hebrew and English) and Yachad (in Russian). In the last five years before leaving Jerusalem at the end of September 2023 I bought hundreds of Chassidic books from these two bookstores and built my own private Chassidic library. For the shipment cost and lack of space in the new location I had to leave most of these books at one of the warehouses owned by the owner of Yachad. Of course, I also miss them a lot.
Unfortunately, the situation of general bookstores in Israel in general and in Jerusalem, which has never been a favorable one, has deteriorated in the recent years. This may be part of the worldwide phenomena of reading less books and switching to electronic books. It came as a great shock to me that Academon, the chain of bookstores at Israeli universities, was closed. I still can't imagine universities without bookstores!
I even stopped visiting general bookstores in Jerusalem as they only depressed me for their deteriorating condition in both the quality and quantity of books they kept as well as for my loss of interest in general, non-Jewish books in Hebrew.
I used to "commute" to Heichal Menachem and Yachad weekly and monthly respectively. I always found something new to buy even after building a rather well-selected private Chassidic library. Visiting them was like taking new nourishment for my soul. It was also a constant flow of fresh spiritual energy for me.
Naturally, I haven't found any replacement in this new location. I can't even think of any other city in the world with this "luxury". I know two excellent Chassidic bookstores in New York (Crown Heights) and Moscow (Marina Roshcha and downtown) respectively, but they are only in Hebrew and English and in Russian respectively.