Situation seems to be a lot different in Australia. All malls, especially those in the CBDs, are completely packed all the time. Though iirc, Australia has far

Situation seems to be a lot different in Australia. All malls, especially those in the CBDs, are completely packed all the time. Though iirc, Australia has far fewer malls per capita. So perhaps the US simply built too many malls and is now correcting to something sane.