• hh93@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Most countries except for the US still have them afaik

    Here in Germany they are in every city and very successful

    I think the problem is that the US malls are in the middle of nowhere and you need to take your car there and spend a lot of time there.

    Here they integrated as part of the inner city and flourishing and you can just walk to the old town or other things nearby

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      1 year ago

      Most countries except for the US

      They still exist in the USA as well. They just aren’t popular.

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        1 year ago

        Guess that depends on where? Where I live there’s a mall on like every damn town, and there are two within like 10min from my house.

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          I meant not popular as in they don’t have as much foot traffic as they did a few decades ago. Many exist, but the number of malls that don’t feel “dead” is pretty low in my experience.

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            Yup. We have like 4 within 30 min driving distance (assuming we’re talking indoor malls), and they all feel pretty empty whenever I go. Granted, I don’t go very often, but it definitely seems a lot less popular than even 10 years ago.

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      1 year ago

      Also I’ve found where I live in Canada 90% of the outlets in malls are clothing store, mostly younger and hipster clothing stores too.

      Have no interest in browsing through 16 clothing stores all selling jeans and t shirts.

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      1 year ago

      The US has shit load of malls. You can find at least one in just about every town and city across the country. They are literally everywhere…