Decline of Malls
Discussions focus on the decline of traditional indoor shopping malls, with observations of some thriving high-end or outdoor alternatives, regional variations, and personal experiences of changes over time.
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There are options besides malls.
Too bad malls are on the decline.
Overall mall traffic might be declining but I’ve been to malls here in my city where the higher end malls are thriving and more popular than in previous decades.The Forever 21’s in my area are located in malls that are dated, and ripe for a major renovation.
This is happening to the mall near where I grew up.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Town_Center
More evidence that “the mall” is a fading concept, yielding to on-line and outdoor collection-of-stores. Is this some concession to the n American car approach to life?
Touche. Abandoned shopping malls might be a step up from garages.
We are only thinking of malls in the classic context.For the last 10+ years many "malls" have been outdoor "areas" with shops, beautified walking paths, communal spaces, grocery stores, movie theaters, etc. Essentially miniature downtowns.We have both these and the classic style mall here. Only 2 or 3 classic malls any more. However, they are all VERY successful. There were 7-8 and I've watched many die, or be taken over by distribution hubs, data centers (think bi
Is HN pining for the days of malls now?! Lol
I recently went back to my local mall (in the US) for the first time in a long time that was a ghost town until recently and it was packed full of kids and families! Arcades, carnival style games in storefronts, ice cream stores, go karts, they even had one of those Japanese style capsule stores. It seems has become less explicitly shopping place and more a place to kill a few hours with the family. Would be interested if this is a trend in other places.
Meh. Around here, at least, (Huntsville, Alabama) they're just making newer and different malls. They're still malls though.When I first moved here in 2005, the bigger of the two malls in town (Madison Square Mall) had just received a major renovation and was bustling. A few years later (I think this was about 2007) they announced this new major construction project called Bridge Street[0]. It was just about two miles away from Madison Square.It was essentially an outdoor mall, w