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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] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

More joint households have both members in the work force limiting the amount of shopping being done between 9-5. Add to that the ease of ordering shit online. All of which is on top of malls requiring minors to be accompanied by adults. Add it all together and the result is noone goes to malls anymore.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Plus social media and the internet. Malls used to be teen hangout places but now there are a million more options that don't involve the hassle of actually going somewhere.