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Re:The Life and Death of the American Mall by tonyedgecombe on Thursday January 11, 2024 @05:14AM (#38950201)
>The decline of the mall is an American thing, and its reasons are not entirely clear.

I remember an article in the Economist a few years ago that said America had nine times the square footage of mall space compared to the UK. If they have a decline it's probably because they overbuilt in the past.

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Re:The Life and Death of the American Mall by A_D_E_P_T on Thursday January 11, 2024 @07:43AM (#38951468)
Was that adjusted for population size? For the US also has 6x the population, and fewer "high streets" or walkable city/town shopping districts. The US also has, in a general sense, more space to build.
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Re:The Life and Death of the American Mall by rsynnott on Thursday January 11, 2024 @08:20AM (#38951849)
It probably was. Looks like the US has 5x the retail space per capita vs the UK, all in: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058852/retail-space-per...
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Re:The Life and Death of the American Mall by tonyedgecombe on Thursday January 11, 2024 @10:05AM (#38953110)
>Was that adjusted for population size?

Yes, I should have said per capita.

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