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In the US, did Amazon kill the mall, is everyone too broke, or a combination of other factors? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

My favorite stores in the mall in the 80s and early 90s were the Electronics Boutique, Waldenbooks, Tape World or Sam Goody, and Sharper Image. None of those thing exist anymore. When I go to the mall now, it's 90% clothes and jewelry, and I'm just not that interested in it.

My kids like the rock/skate shops like B&C, Hot Topic, Zumiez, Vans... but it's still just basically clothes.