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If malls continue to shut down and decay over the next twenty years, someone should turn them into retirement communities for GenX and Millennials. (lemmy.world)
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Imagine apartments built into what used to be department stores, (Oh, you're JC Penny 203? I'm at Sears 106). Get those old arcades up and running. Set up meal stations at the food court. Once people actually live there, stores will start to move back in.

If I'm unable to finish my life in my own home, that doesn't sound like a terrible option.

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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 57 points 4 months ago

counterargument; malls, arcades, and bookstores should come back in style because they were amazing and we don't know what we missed until it's gone.

[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

They will come back as the US shifts away from car centered culture, malls thrive in Europe

[-] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

You have arcades in Europe?

[-] Head 3 points 4 months ago

Yes

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