What I find funny is that the American mall that so many people disparage (like citylab) is a place where the streets are closed to cars. First off, there are

What I find funny is that the American mall that so many people disparage (like citylab) is a place where the streets are closed to cars. First off, there are no streets in a mall. It may be a carless place, with some merits, but clearly that’s where the similarities between malls and downtown Pontevedra end. Malls arose as a natural consequence of a heavy reliance on cars, just as carless downtowns arise when there is no such reliance. Corporations are alive and well in Spain too.