In small towns in Canada, malls are dead. Where I grew up, all the malls I visited as kid are gone or ghost towns. What's happening in bigger cities is consol

In small towns in Canada, malls are dead. Where I grew up, all the malls I visited as kid are gone or ghost towns. What's happening in bigger cities is consolidation; lots of dead malls and empty stores but a few key retail locations are booming. The neighborhood mall, where you might go to hang out, is gone. The trend right now in Vancouver is to combine malls with condo complexes although none are finished enough to see if that will be a success.