• CosmoNova@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Dying malls are a sign of bad urban planning, not of a shrinking economy. Malls in America have been closing down for probably decades now while there are still new ones opening in European cities.

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      11 months ago

      Malls in the US were killed by the Internet. The ones that are still around are a macabre husk of what shopping malls once were here. There’s a Spencer’s, but no arcade. There’s an Orange Julius, but no record store. Dillard’s and Macy’s are there, but Sears is long dead. Half of the closest one to me is a giant police station.