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Imagine apartments built into what used to be department stores, (Oh, you're JC Penny 203? I'm at Sears 106). Get those old arcades up and running. Set up meal stations at the food court. Once people actually live there, stores will start to move back in.

If I'm unable to finish my life in my own home, that doesn't sound like a terrible option.

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[–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

My current job is in an office/call center that used to be a Famous Barr at a mall. It's funny, I worked in that mall as a teen/early 20's. Now I'm back working at the fucking mall XD (tho now I'm provisioning telephone service and processing telecom orders, not sweeping up in a movie theater or trying to upsell people at a shop)

[–] Arfman@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Good riddance

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There's a mall in my city that's currently under construction, but I have a feeling it'll be forgotten the week after it opens.

And this is the FIRST mall in my city.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm surprised they're building more after watching so many die and rot.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

In some places they still make sense. In a place where one can be built relatively close to a number of well off suburbs, while being closer than more urban area commercial districts, malls are still doing alright. The hey day of malls being in every suburb is dead though.

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

My country doesn't have many malls to begin with. The only one I've been to is in Casablanca.

I do not live in Casablanca.

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