People say that online shopping is the reason malls are failing. I wholeheartedly disagree. The real reasons are. 1. People no longer have the disposable income to shop at malls because our once great middle class has been decimated over the past decades. 2. People don’t have the time. This is for a couple of reasons. Because of neglect from federal, state, and local governments on road infrastructure over the decades the roads going to and from malls have become congested. Nobody wants to waste time getting stuck in traffic just to get to a mall. Because of traffic congestion around malls, going to a mall will take up at least half of the day. Simply put, malls have become a pain in the arse to get to and from. That’s why people opt for places like Target and Walmart which are usually much closer and much easier to get to. The number one reason I don’t go to malls near where I live is because they’re a pain in the arse to get to. It $ucks because Target and Walmart generally sell low quality crap. And because most of what they sell is crap I have to buy a lot of things online. If the closest mall to me was easy to get to I’d shop there all the time, but it isn’t. Corruption within the state and county governments allowed developers to just build wherever they like without making them pay for the extra road infrastructure to handle the increased traffic these developers cause. They didn’t build parkways from the suburbs to the malls, bypassing the congested up retail clutter and congestion caused by the businesses that built up around the malls. That retail clutter that congested up the stoplight filled original roads that led to malls acted like arterial plaque built up similar to the arterial plaque built up for someone with heart disease. It eventually killed the mall’s because people didn’t want to deal with congested traffic just to get to a mall. So, if you don’t want to deal with congested traffic your only options are close by places like Target or Walmart, or online. Online shopping increased because malls became a pain in the arse to get to and because what Target and Walmart sells is mostly crap. People shop online not because it’s their preference, but because they have no choice if they don’t want to deal with congested traffic around malls or don’t want to buy the crappy products that Target and Walmart sell.
Wow. I really feel like you hit the nail on the head so many times in this comment. One other terrible side effect of losing malls is the 'third space' that was lost along with them. A place where you could run into friends by chance and then hang out and.catch up IN PERSON! Even if you happen to run into someone in one of these retail superstores what are you going to do? Stand in the isle and talk with carts all around you blocking up all of the other rushing and impatient consumers? I remember malls also.. and it's a shame they're gone and only survive as a shell of what they once were. Maybe we will somehow find our way back but as you noted local government themselves are so lost that their policies will not support healthy growth. Oh well. I'll continue documenting it all. I've considered talking over these videos but I think the videos speak for themselves and will continue to do so even more over time. Appreciate the well thought out response.
Thanks. Here’s an example of what I’m talking about. Let’s say you’re shopping for some quality cutlery for your kitchen. One of the better quality cutlery is J.A. Henckels, but the best Walmart sells is Farberware which is low quality junk. You have other things you want to do during the weekend so you don’t want to spend two thirds of your Saturday or Sunday fighting traffic to get to the closest mall to get quality cutlery. That gives you only one option which is online, especially since Bed Bath, and Beyond went out of business. Same with pots, pans, skillets, bedding, etc. BTW, Bed, Bath, and Beyond didn’t go out of business because of lack of customers. It was idiot management that caused its demise.
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People say that online shopping is the reason malls are failing. I wholeheartedly disagree. The real reasons are.
1. People no longer have the disposable income to shop at malls because our once great middle class has been decimated over the past decades.
2. People don’t have the time. This is for a couple of reasons. Because of neglect from federal, state, and local governments on road infrastructure over the decades the roads going to and from malls have become congested. Nobody wants to waste time getting stuck in traffic just to get to a mall. Because of traffic congestion around malls, going to a mall will take up at least half of the day. Simply put, malls have become a pain in the arse to get to and from. That’s why people opt for places like Target and Walmart which are usually much closer and much easier to get to. The number one reason I don’t go to malls near where I live is because they’re a pain in the arse to get to. It $ucks because Target and Walmart generally sell low quality crap. And because most of what they sell is crap I have to buy a lot of things online. If the closest mall to me was easy to get to I’d shop there all the time, but it isn’t. Corruption within the state and county governments allowed developers to just build wherever they like without making them pay for the extra road infrastructure to handle the increased traffic these developers cause. They didn’t build parkways from the suburbs to the malls, bypassing the congested up retail clutter and congestion caused by the businesses that built up around the malls. That retail clutter that congested up the stoplight filled original roads that led to malls acted like arterial plaque built up similar to the arterial plaque built up for someone with heart disease. It eventually killed the mall’s because people didn’t want to deal with congested traffic just to get to a mall. So, if you don’t want to deal with congested traffic your only options are close by places like Target or Walmart, or online. Online shopping increased because malls became a pain in the arse to get to and because what Target and Walmart sells is mostly crap. People shop online not because it’s their preference, but because they have no choice if they don’t want to deal with congested traffic around malls or don’t want to buy the crappy products that Target and Walmart sell.
Wow. I really feel like you hit the nail on the head so many times in this comment. One other terrible side effect of losing malls is the 'third space' that was lost along with them. A place where you could run into friends by chance and then hang out and.catch up IN PERSON! Even if you happen to run into someone in one of these retail superstores what are you going to do? Stand in the isle and talk with carts all around you blocking up all of the other rushing and impatient consumers? I remember malls also.. and it's a shame they're gone and only survive as a shell of what they once were. Maybe we will somehow find our way back but as you noted local government themselves are so lost that their policies will not support healthy growth. Oh well. I'll continue documenting it all. I've considered talking over these videos but I think the videos speak for themselves and will continue to do so even more over time. Appreciate the well thought out response.
Thanks. Here’s an example of what I’m talking about. Let’s say you’re shopping for some quality cutlery for your kitchen. One of the better quality cutlery is J.A. Henckels, but the best Walmart sells is Farberware which is low quality junk. You have other things you want to do during the weekend so you don’t want to spend two thirds of your Saturday or Sunday fighting traffic to get to the closest mall to get quality cutlery. That gives you only one option which is online, especially since Bed Bath, and Beyond went out of business. Same with pots, pans, skillets, bedding, etc. BTW, Bed, Bath, and Beyond didn’t go out of business because of lack of customers. It was idiot management that caused its demise.