The Death of the American Shopping Mall

[Matt Collins]

Maybe if they didn't charge $4000 per month in rent the stores could afford to have locations there. I much prefer market style shopping centers. You see alot more ma and pa places and you can find so many unique products and foods.

See this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed-use_development

and this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_development

and this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed-use_development

 

[DamianTV]

Actually, kind of. Stores are overrated, if things can be bought online, or not at all, it's not a problem for me.



Low employment, like deflation, are not per se good or bad. I don't care if people file for unemployment, the government gives them the right to.



You don't need me to tell you that number is pretty pointless. But lack of malls does not mean overall low employment.



I'm not sure if this has anything to do with inflation, it could be a combination of high wages, high taxes, too much competition, or low consumption. "Good for business" is also another overrated factoid people like to throw around, it means nothing unless you're in business.



It's largely true. If they're not willing to get dirty and fight with immigrants and foreigners over $3-5 per hour, or would rather get welfare, unemployment benefits, I call that lazy, or elitist. Americans continue to fight for higher, not lower wages. People only want jobs that "pay enough" which is not entirely irrational.



What's so great about a "stable" economy? Or a "free" market, for that matter, all of these are just means to an end. Give me my beer, tv, and shelter, and I don't care what happens to other people.



They may have spent billions for nothing, but they're also working hard to take jobs while they can, before automation takes their jobs. They're building ghost towns because there's still millions of people who live rural, and will eventually come out if they can. This is not the case with America (not as much)



to pop, you need to blow it up first, it may not even inflate to begin with.

you want to solve problems with government, GREAT.

Jeez dude, cant take an Anti MSM Rant for what it is?

 

[PRB]

Jeez dude, cant take an Anti MSM Rant for what it is?

just so long as I know it's just a rant

 

[DamianTV]

just so long as I know it's just a rant

Yeah, just a rant, and yes, things are changing toward online, but does everything really need to be bought and sold online? Partly relevant, but point of the rant was that this decay isnt unique to just one or two malls, but many many businesses. As a part of the economy as the bigger picture, the level of decay everywhere is what is truly frightening.