Seattle has a lot of land-use faults but I actually kind of like the recent "shopping center" trend here. Next to Northgate Mall (a traditional, sprawling, fla

Seattle has a lot of land-use faults but I actually kind of like the recent "shopping center" trend here. Next to Northgate Mall (a traditional, sprawling, flat mall with huge parking areas) are two multi-story retail buildings. All of the usual chain stores, save Barnes and Noble, are in them. Target, Best Buy, a movie theater, Petco, a sporting goods store, and so on. If we build more like that and less like Northgate or Westwood Village, I'd be happy. (As for actually going into the stores, I do rather often mostly because ordering online has turned into such a mess for me. Having the stores "stacked" like that makes them a lot more convenient to manage.)