American shopping malls are dying out

comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 24 seconds ago
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 25 seconds ago
Maybe high street shops closing down is a good thing in terms of actually having a space that people can go to and not have the main purpose to buy things. Replace shops with parks, galleries, museums and other things people can enjoy and engage with.
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Well that costs money and will need local Councils with vision and money to deliver such plans.
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Shopping and working patterns are changing, and there are going to be lots of empty units in town centers, leisure can't fill them all and councils haven't got any money.

comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 31 seconds ago
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posted 4 minutes ago
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posted 16 seconds ago
comment by Christ We Won (TENƎꓕ) (U17162)
posted 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
The high street/shopping centres are dying here in the UK too, half of the high street is either closed down stores or closed down stores being replaced by phone repair shops or coffee shops
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This depends where you are in the UK. I was back there recently for few weeks and only found a few high streets that were half empty. Galasheils and Greenock.

Edinburgh, Glasgow, Peebles and most of the Scottish Borders towns and villages were rocking.

In England both Ipswich and Colchester were busy with only the odd store or two closed. Most of the small towns and villages in Essex that I saw were also busy. The one I spent most of my youth in still has its four pubs open.

I read on here nearly every day that the UK is on its last legs and the Mrs and I found that not to be true at all. Far from it.
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High Streets are on the decline and pubs are closing everywhere all over the UK and its a major issue.
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Obviously it isn’t all of the UK as I have seen for myself.
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You obviously picked the right places to visit!

But generally its become a massive problem in the UK cause by on-line shopping in the main.

Shops that are thriving:
Pound shops
Charity shops
Mobile phone shops
Greggs
McDonald’s/Burger King KFC etc

Department stores are almost extinct

You obviously picked the right places to visit!

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Which is why I said it depends where you are.

comment by Bobby Dazzler (U1449)
posted 29 minutes ago
Shops that are thriving:
Pound shops
Charity shops
Mobile phone shops
Greggs
McDonald’s/Burger King KFC etc

Department stores are almost extinct

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I miss Debenhams so much it hurts

comment by Ignacio Varga (U11781)
posted 16 minutes ago
comment by Bobby Dazzler (U1449)
posted 29 minutes ago
Shops that are thriving:
Pound shops
Charity shops
Mobile phone shops
Greggs
McDonald’s/Burger King KFC etc

Department stores are almost extinct

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I miss Debenhams so much it hurts
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Can back Vidic here as the southampton/new forest area was heaving last November in every high street, moreso than I ever remember but that may just be that there are more coffee lovers nowadays.

Coffee is grate

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comment by Ignacio Varga (U11781)
posted 8 hours, 13 minutes ago
comment by Bobby Dazzler (U1449)
posted 29 minutes ago
Shops that are thriving:
Pound shops
Charity shops
Mobile phone shops
Greggs
McDonald’s/Burger King KFC etc

Department stores are almost extinct

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I miss Debenhams so much it hurts
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I'm known for offering to drop my trousers in that establishment if I get something wrong... This particular avenue of pleasure has been taken away from me now