“The malls were a pure product of the combo of Boomer household formation and Happy Motoring.”
Clueless author.
“Clueless author.”
Yep, computers and cell phones killed the Malls.
Malls used to be where the kids met.
Urban sprawl, suburbia, the loss of a small-town sense of community, etc., are his ‘thing’:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Geography_of_Nowhere
What do you mean, clueless? He’s absolutely right. Malls were built to give people a place to drive to and most of the families had bunches of kids. The first mall I went to was in 1969, I was 12 years old. Baby boom. Several malls in my area have closed as the anchor stores went out of business and surrounding communities have deteriorated. Still was a phenomenon of baby boom families and happy motoring.