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submitted 4 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I watch a lot of Dead Mall videos on YouTube and I wanted to see what everyone's thoughts are on why there's so many dead malls now.

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[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

We have shopping centers in the US and a lot of them are still thriving. They tend to be smaller than malls but they're more numerous. They usually have one or two big stores like Target or Home Depot along with several smaller stores. They're also not enclosed so it's easier to get to a small store in a shopping center than it is in a mall.

[-] Instigate@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago

That’s really interesting! In the Australian content, we would only ever call a strip of shops a ‘mall’ if they weren’t connected by some interior structure. In fact, our ‘malls’ are almost all outdoor connections of shops. So interesting how our vocabularies vary!

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Hmm maybe what you call a mall in Australia is what Americans call a strip mall?

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