Anyone else here tend to dream about #DeadMalls or other #LiminalSpaces? I think that’s a big part about what makes the #LiminalSpace#aesthetic so creepy; they’re so uncanny and surreal, like what we see in our dreams.
Why American malls are dying, and European ones aren't.
Adam Something's latest video looks at while malls in Europe aren't seeing the same fate as their American counterparts, despite the same competition from Amazon.
He suggests that low-density urban planning and car-dependent suburban sprawl are a big factor that no-one talks about.
For what it's worth, Australia also hasn't seen the massive number of dying/dead malls that the US has since the GFC.
At least in Sydney, many of our big shopping centres tend to be close to public transport. (Think QVB, Westfield Bondi, Westfield Chatswood, Chatswood Chase, Westfield Parramatta, Stocklands Merrylands, Burwood Plaza, Strathfield Plaza, Westfield Hornsby, Westfield Miranda, Castle Towers, Westfield Hornsby...)
Most also have at least two supermarkets (a Coles and a Woolies).