phonesmahones t1_jd8xcml wrote on March 22, 2023 at 5:59 PM

Lately I have been thinking about how it’s kind of funny that we went from strip malls, to indoor malls, and back to glorified strip malls.

I think a lot of people avoid malls because they just want to go to the one store they want to visit, and not necessarily to walk around and browse. The new outdoor malls give the feel of them being more convenient because you don’t have to park in a garage and then walk the length of the mall to get to the store you want to go to - but yeah, parking is usually kind of rough at them and if you are going to more than one store, there’s a good chance the walk is longer.

I like the outdoor malls better, but I also decided I hate malls in general a few years back, so I’m a little biased.

[deleted] t1_jdacezh wrote on March 22, 2023 at 11:32 PM

People avoid malls because they were all built an hour drive from the houses and then traffic has only been getting worse and worse. The point of places like assembly is that they're meant to weave into the urban fabric (bit of a cliche phrase at this point I know) and replicate what makes more natural places possible while turning it up to eleven even to the point it's almost like a charicature of it's own idea. But also keep mind assembly is still an unfinished project