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Online retail happened, and it's not just America [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_mall#Changes_in_the_retail_climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

• emkoemko 5y ago
  and yet i don't see any of this in Canada, malls packed, more malls built and Toys R Us still in all of them. What could be the difference between Canada and USA?
  • agogdog 5y ago
    I'd wager that Canada has/had many fewer malls than USA (per capita). Even many small nowhere cities would have a mall.
    • emkoemko 5y ago
      https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/CrossIrons_Mills.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/CrossIro... that was built out of the city middle of no where because there was not enough water and land to do it in the city, and yet still full and now Costco and others opened next to it, plus a new mall built across it. there are like 10+ malls withing 20km something is different maybe the weather leads more people to liking to go to a warm place in the winter? but then again many parts of the world malls are doing well.