Not unlike cars we have hit the saturation point in malls. I never liked them, it seemed to me they all were selling the same thing with a different name. Massive land development and parking for everyone. How is that a good thing? Christmas time was always insane. Had to go there to get it done. Push push push, buy buy buy! For what? In their heyday you had to know someone just to get into these places. The owner of the mall took at least a 10% cut of all sales, not to mention the exorbitant price per square foot of space. I for one am not sad to see them die, we don’t need them.
Below is an interesting statistic.
The country boasts 94 square metres of retail space for every 100 people, according to data from the Shopping Centre Council of Australia, far more than the United Kingdom — at 44 square metres — and Germany — at 22 square metres.
Seven billion, looking for a place to live and counting
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