Not just the psyche, the landscape, too. Many US towns are so sprawled out that the mall was the only thing they had for public space. When the local mall clos

Not just the psyche, the landscape, too. Many US towns are so sprawled out that the mall was the only thing they had for public space. When the local mall closes, a bunch of people who've spent much of the past decade sitting on their couches, and aren't necessarily happy about that situation, realize that this is probably how they're going to be spending the next decade, too.