next, a US tread, the day of the "mega mall" is over. this mall isn't a mall in the traditional sense. it's what used to be called an outlet center. they build a bunch of individual shops and buildings. this allows people to drive directly up to the front of a store if they want to just go to one store. this is all wrapped around a bunch of features like a "commons" area which acts lie the downtown of a city. a lot of towns who don't have downtowns for kids to hangout in. things like this allow for towns to have areas where people can "just run into" each other. this is more old-timey and fosters friendship and townmanship in a lot of place. the common area also allows dpfor arts to go on. some let bands, poetry, and other gay art things to happen. there are also benched areas for people to hang out in.
personally I like there "malls with out a roof" or "cut up strip malls" in concept, but don't like gong to them. hopefully this gets built and my taxes stay low.