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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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[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Load bearing as in, structural? Isn't that the existing floor? Something built over the top wouldn't be load-bearing unless you're talking about any walls that would go up as well. It certainly wouldn't be holding up the ceiling or anything higher.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ahh, good point. Meant more it can handle furniture, people, etc. Doesn't that mean the walls are fixed though?

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

If you've got an open area like a department store, that's a lot of square footage that can be divided out. Walls can be built too, not uncommon at all in commercial construction I'm sure. And there are raised floor setups in data centers to make it easy to run cabling and stuff. If they can handle giant server racks, I'm sure a couch would be easy peasy.