• SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 days ago

    A country being car centuries, however, does mean that people vastly prefer buying things online than going there yourself. When it’s far away, needs a trip, need to find parking, and can’t just pop into a mall randomly when walking nearb

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      4 days ago

      I mentioned big box retail as another reason for the decline in malls. Shopping at a Walmart or Target has the same car experience as shopping in a mall, but Walmart and Target were able to expand as malls slowly died.

      Also, parking is never an issue in a dying mall. If the mall is dying, demand is likely very low, which means the best parking spaces are open.