Mall department stores were struggling; the pandemic has pushed them to the edge

Re:Mall department stores were struggling; the pandemic has ... by sk1459 on Friday April 23, 2021 @11:00PM (#26921891)

A planner at my firm recently told me, with complete confidence, that on-street parking increases safety. Then I was told that research from AASHTO was just not something this person agreed with, and haven’t I heard of Strong Towns? Here’s a lovely YouTube video.

I wanted to rip my own eyes out.

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Re:Mall department stores were struggling; the pandemic has ... by brudgers on Friday April 23, 2021 @11:51PM (#26922104)

The planners at the firm are paid to do what paying clients want. That’s what everyone there is supposed to do. What matters is that checks don’t bounce.

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Re:Mall department stores were struggling; the pandemic has ... by sk1459 on Saturday May 01, 2021 @11:24PM (#27012120)

I’m actually trying to say that it is an industry dominated by snake-oil, charlatans and coffee-table “science”. There is no standard or obvious measure of performance, and liability is usually of little concern. The planners I know are hardly puppets of the real estate cabal and much more victims of naïveté and wiz-bang marketing. Like, I’m assuming rails-devs a decade ago and, maybe, rust devs today.

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