Shopping malls were once quite popular in the U.S. The idea was to provide city-like commerce options to people in small town America. Obviously the Internet (e

Shopping malls were once quite popular in the U.S. The idea was to provide city-like commerce options to people in small town America. Obviously the Internet (especially Amazon) has made this model obsolete in virtually every way possible. It's inevitable that we'll see more malls closing down over time. I'd love to see some initiative to purchase these malls and appropriate them for other purposes (office spaces, manufacturing, etc). However, it's probably not worth it in the end due to maintenance costs. As an aside, if you haven't seen Dan Bell's Dead Mall Series you should check it out. The Rolling Acres Mall is probably the most infamous of the dead malls he has filmed and worth a watch if you're interested in urban exploration and urban decay [1]. [1] https://youtu.be/Zov7PEXdVZk?list=PLNz4Un92pGNxQ9vNgmnCx7dwchPJGJ3IQ https://youtu.be/Zov7PEXdVZk?list=PLNz4Un92pGNxQ9vNgmnCx7dwc...