Was recently in Bangkok where they have enormous 6 or even 9 story malls completely full of stores. Step outside and walk a block and there's another one. It wa

Was recently in Bangkok where they have enormous 6 or even 9 story malls completely full of stores. Step outside and walk a block and there's another one. It was mind blowing. What I noticed was just how useful these malls were, they had multiple bank branches, a grocery store, electronic stores, tons of food options and sometimes even a fitness center. I could certainly see why someone may want to go multiple times per week. Contrast that with the average US mall where you might have half a dozen or more jewelry stores and a ton of clothing stores. My old home mall had a handful of places to eat and couldn't even keep a coffee shop for multiple years (also a Westfield property). A rather useless place. Seems our mall owners just optimized for $ per square foot and called it a day.