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I won't miss them. I just spent a few days in Seattle's downtown, pieces of which have a very outdoor mall feeling to it. Ridiculous amounts of shopping cluste
by thex10 11y ago
I won't miss them.
I just spent a few days in Seattle's downtown, pieces of which have a very outdoor mall feeling to it. Ridiculous amounts of shopping clustered very close together. Felt like way more fun than any enclosed mall.
Maybe part of it is perceived efficiency on my part (the window shopper) - I felt like I can find more variety and competition in several square blocks than in a typical mall.
- seanmcdirmid 11y agoSeattle has a couple of enclosed enclosed urban malls downtown right next to each other (west lake and pacific). I feel like China is making all the mistakes of the states in their mall development. We have more than a few near our apartment and they are mostly uninspired.
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- cbd1984 11y agoOutdoor malls are nice in Seattle, where it constantly rains and nobody cares because it constantly rains but you never get ice storms or mosquito-filled summers with 110% humidity and 110°F. Transpose your idea to Missoula or Dallas or Phoenix and it loses some luster.
- pyre 11y agoOn the same token, when I visited Orange County several years ago I remember both enclosed, air-conditioned malls, and open-air malls.
- prostoalex 11y agoThe malls were never a solution for city downtowns. They were a solution for suburbia, where you could zone a commercial area outside a residential area. On the sell side, they were a solution to brands with low urgency (greeting cards, pretzels) to benefit from foot traffic to headliner stores.