Hearted Youtube comments on Zackary Smigel (@ZackarySmigel) channel.
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My local mall is currently in a quite interesting state; it's not dying, yet it is. There are still lots of people that go to it (you even might still have trouble finding a parking spot), yet inside it feels... empty. I'd say about half the store spaces inside are blocked off and empty inside. Combine this with the oddly timed remodeling in 2021, and everything feels off compared to the "golden days." The place is still lively, dare I say even thriving, and yet it feels so empty and dead at the same time. The answer to all of this is actually quite simple yet fascinating: there are plans to turn it into a combined housing and shopping center (so half of it remains mall-ish, and half of it turns into apartments). My hypothesis for the empty lots is that they're preventing new stores from moving in, to save them the trouble of having to leave shortly or deal with whatever renovations they'll be doing. So for now, it's in this weird in-between time (liminal time, if you will), where it's in the process of being reborn into what may well be a glory just as big, if not bigger than ever before.
P.S. It wasn't until typing this out that I realized how fascinating this story is in itself, maybe I'll even make my own video on all of this (I don't upload to this account, but the channel I upload to should be in the bio of this account).
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