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In the 1980's people wrote about malls as cultural centers, as temples to shopping. Now, they're dying.
Many observers are speculating about the growing trend of so-called dead malls: once-flourishing, large retail spaces that now have a high vacancy rate, low numbers of pedestrian traffic, or the lack of an "anchor" store (typically a department chain). Is it because of economic recession, or stagnant middle-class wages and growing income inequality? Or has the death of these malls been hastened by the rapid growth of online shopping?
It's difficult to say, but the dead mall phenomenon is becoming a cultural item of interest -- for retail historians, urban explorers and documentarians alike. We may read about dead malls in The New York Times or The Atlantic, but film footage can say much more than words.
Is Amazon to blame?
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Tuesday April 25 2017, @05:08PM (5 children)
>Where I live has a nice climate so people tend to be, you know, outside.
Where's that?
In the north-central US, it's below freezing for much of the year.
In the northeast US, it's below freezing for part of the year, and generally chilly for much of the year, and it rains a lot.
In the southeast US, it's horribly hot and humid for part of the year, and rains a lot and without warning.
In the southwest US, it's ridiculously hot for half the year or more, and is a great place to get skin cancer.
In the northwest US, the temperature is usually fairly nice if a little brisk, but it's constantly drizzling.
In the central US, the weather is extreme and there's tornadoes.
(Score: 2) by tekk on Tuesday April 25 2017, @05:16PM
Mountains in the southeast :)
Course it does get around freezing a lot of the time in january/february, but then there are also days in the 60's/70's those months.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 25 2017, @05:18PM (2 children)
You forgot the midwest, it's generally pretty nice here if you're a native.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by VLM on Tuesday April 25 2017, @05:44PM (1 child)
I have ancestors and relatives in Wisconsin in the center of the state (like Wausau ha ha see I'm legit I know the funny names) and when I visit the weather is really nice for about one month in the spring and one in the fall. The rest of the year its the end of the world. Also being east of the mississippi it rains like every 3rd day. I don't think Californians know what rain is, but I assure you its annoying to get that much rain.
Also I am not sure how, but the mosquitoes in Wisconsin are worse than in the deep south.
The land is a frigging paradise. There's this mountain in Wausau near the center of the state where the WHOLE MOUNTAIN is one giant state park. I've been there and its like the garden of eden on a mountain or something. I can see why all of Illinois tries to drive to Wisconsin every weekend.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Tuesday April 25 2017, @08:00PM
I forgot to mention the mosquitoes, that's a pretty important point in the South or anywhere near it.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 25 2017, @05:22PM
Really? You're bringing tornadoes into this?
"Hey hon, looks like a tornado might be coming."
"TO THE MALL!"