• jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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    9 months ago

    Is this an American thing? Malls have never gone away and have always been full all my life.

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      9 months ago

      @jol
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      They exist in the US but a lot of them are dead or dying. Among other things they have failed to innovate in the face of e-commerce so people can buy the same things without leaving home barring any other draw

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        9 months ago

        I guess this is related to the fact most Americans live in suburbs, so driving 40 minutes to the mall seems pretty inconvenient.