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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)

submitted 1 month ago by Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@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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[–] uis@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Nope but the nearest mall to me is 2 hours drive.

Have you considered that this is because most of space in USA is allocated only for cars? Or that if this space wasn't allocated to cars, then you wouldn't need to traverse such disyance in first place?

but people forget how spread out we are here in the usa.

The solution: trains

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Look I'm not arguing that we shouldn't be putting in trains as much as possible but it's not a solution to cars. Hell in Europe people still drive a good bit.

[–] justgohomealready@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The solution is not living in the middle of anywhere, two hours away from civilization. If you lived next to the mall, you could go there by foot.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

You know why houses in populated areas cost so much?

That's why, everyone wanting to be right next to everything.

I live where I do because I don't like crowds, and noise.