Why American malls are dying, and European ones aren't.
Adam Something's latest video looks at while malls in Europe aren't seeing the same fate as their American counterparts, despite the same competition from Amazon.
He suggests that low-density urban planning and car-dependent suburban sprawl are a big factor that no-one talks about.
For what it's worth, Australia also hasn't seen the massive number of dying/dead malls that the US has since the GFC.
At least in Sydney, many of our big shopping centres tend to be close to public transport. (Think QVB, Westfield Bondi, Westfield Chatswood, Chatswood Chase, Westfield Parramatta, Stocklands Merrylands, Burwood Plaza, Strathfield Plaza, Westfield Hornsby, Westfield Miranda, Castle Towers, Westfield Hornsby...)
Most also have at least two supermarkets (a Coles and a Woolies).
#malls #retail #DeadMalls @fuck_cars #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #economy #economics #MassTransit #PublicTransport
#malls #retail #deadmalls #urbanism #urbanplanning #economy #economics #masstransit #publictransport
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I just posted another seven reads over at https://last7.com/
#malls #barbacoa #stings #chatgtp
1) A megapost of nearly a thousand pics of 1990s malls and stores, compiled from retail books
https://imgur.com/gallery/Ak4r16D
#throwback #retromall #malls #retro #nineties
That feeling when you go to the mall at 7 PM and already half the stores are closed, the employees at the other half are packing their bags, and the corridors are nearly deserted, a scene that wouldn't look out of place in one of the creepier episodes of Star Trek: Voyager... ๐
#malls #Shopping #self #life #aesthetics #society #thoughts
"What The Whole-Ass Fuck"
taquito sunrise has an hilarious reminiscence of tween angst in "The Soul of the American Teen Can Be Found Next to the Sbarro" post about todayโs mall teens.
https://www.metafilter.com/198421/As-a-connoisseur-of-garbage-I-feel-right-at-home#8367658
#foodcourt #Funny #malls #mallteens #romance #teens #tweens
As #downtowns look to add much more #housing, where could they draw inspiration? How about from their old nemeses, the shopping malls? As downtowns suffer from a collapse of office demand, #malls have had to deal with collapsing #retail. They, too, identified housing as a partial remedy. So, how are the malls' experiments with mixed use going? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/business/shopping-malls-residences.html #CRE
#downtowns #housing #malls #retail #cre
Live-work-play concept
Malls try new plan to survive
Fill with residences
#malls #liveworkplay #residences #haiku #poetry
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/business/shopping-malls-residences.html
#poetry #liveworkplay #malls #residences #haiku
Talking about #malls last week. I wish more malls were still vibrant and fun, and had games stores like Babbage's in them, because that was my jam.
New episode of #MallAesthetics airs in 15 minutes! Today we explore Quintard Mall out in Oxford Alabama- see y'all soon~
#mallaesthetics #mall #malls #deadmall #deadmalls #arcade
The Smart Network has deployed SIM card registration booths in SM Malls.
#SIMRegistration #Philippines #Malls #DataPrivacy #MobilePhones #Infosec #StateSurveillance
https://www.rappler.com/brandrap/smart-tnt-sim-registration-booths-sm-supermalls/
#statesurveillance #infosec #mobilephones #dataprivacy #malls #philippines #simregistration
I want a #peertube instance that's only videos of people exploring #abandoned buildings. Primarily #malls, and primarily playing #vaporware music.
Get on it rich nerds of the internet.
#peertube #abandoned #malls #vaporware
Food delivery riders lose their seats in rest areas for their use to weary mall goers.
#Philippines #MetroManila #Riders #FoodDelivery #Malls #Delivery
#philippines #metromanila #riders #fooddelivery #malls #delivery
What if I hurt my head accidentally? What if the kids barfed on another kid or if I got run over by a reindeer? My only means of rescue would be denied to me. Other more serious emergencies could arise and I wouldn't even be able to call the popos. WTF my dudes, dudetts and LGBTQetts!?? Remember when #malls played loud music to prevent you from talking to your family or friends inside the stores? This is the same but to a new #asshole level. I just want to sit and take street photos ๐. I can't
@heiseautos wird die #ignetall von der Elektro #Autoindustrie bezahlt das sie fordert, #ladesรคulen Pflicht fรผr #malls #einkaufzenter ?
#ignetall #autoindustrie #ladesaulen #malls #einkaufzenter
The #internet is not only made up of glitzy, hyper-commercial and soulless shopping #malls, but also of intriguing old alleyways, quirky cafes, idiosyncratic artists' workshops, cozy #libraries, hidden #gardens and odd corners with fascinating histories. That we abandon the latter in favor of the former is an avoidable tragedy.
Today, I started a weekly newsletter to highlight wonderful hidden nooks on the Web. I hope it brings a little something valuable to you :)
https://webwanderer.substack.com/
#internet #malls #libraries #gardens
It's about goddamn time....
Cities repurpose underused malls to address #housingshortage
#Localgovernments are leveraging largely vacant and blighted #malls to address #housingaffordability. #Federalfunding and new #laws and #regulations, such as #zoningchanges, are aiding that effort. https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/cities-underused-malls-housing-shortage-crisis-vacant-strip-malls-zoning-reform/640399/
#housingshortage #localgovernments #malls #housingaffordability #federalfunding #laws #regulations #zoningchanges
Metrocenter Mall, Phoenix, Arizona.
This is where the mall scenes in "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" were shot. This was also my hangout on the weekends in high school.
@alexwinter โฅ
#metro #phoenix #mallculture #malls #mall
The four genders
Taken from Gwinett Place Mall
#transjoke #joke #gender #genderhumor #deadmall #deadmalls #90s #malls
#transjoke #joke #gender #genderhumor #deadmall #deadmalls #90s #malls