“The article mentioned that many of the malls were in low income areas hard hit by the economy. Once an area decays to the point of being low income, malls close because there aren’t enough local shoppers to support them, and theft rise”
Exactly. Except around here (Birmingham) the malls weren’t originally built in low income areas. White flight to the suburbs opened up these areas to “Democrats” and then the above happened. I personally still prefer to shop in enclosed malls. About once a year........
I buy online whenever I can.