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.
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.
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.
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.
Malls were bad urban planning in the first place.