Focusing on clothing stores detracts from the overall argument (which I'm mostly sympathetic to) because there's another clear explanation for what happened to

Focusing on clothing stores detracts from the overall argument (which I'm mostly sympathetic to) because there's another clear explanation for what happened to these stores, or what might have happened in the alternate universe where the mall had never come: people are just spending a lot less on clothing than they used to. This was on HN not too long ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16322720 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16322720 https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-death-of-clothing/ https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-death-of-clothing/