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If malls continue to shut down and decay over the next twenty years, someone should turn them into retirement communities for GenX and Millennials. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Imagine apartments built into what used to be department stores, (Oh, you're JC Penny 203? I'm at Sears 106). Get those old arcades up and running. Set up meal stations at the food court. Once people actually live there, stores will start to move back in.

If I'm unable to finish my life in my own home, that doesn't sound like a terrible option.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Can you provide an example since in not fully understanding what you're after?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A library.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah but one for talking

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

A talkbrary

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Barnes and Noble/Starbucks tried that. It’s pretty cool but didn’t scale

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I commented below with a similar idea. Like a public indoor park, for when Outside(TM) is no longer an option for recreation due to climate issues. They are big enough to accommodate large playgrounds, both child and adult style, running tracks, swimming pools, sports fields/courts. Keep the food court, sure, throw in a library, etc.

If we ever get a house and senate progressive enough to shave like 0.000000001% of the military budget we could put one in every abandoned mall and have funds left over.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah that sounds awesome!

I was just trying to say that once you privatize something like a mall to make it housing or whatever it is, you will never get it back. The city or some public trust should hold onto the property. What you actually do with it depends on what would be best for the community I guess?

Being a Canadian, just having some indoor places where you can gather in to get out of the cold in the dead of winter is something I don't think we should give up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

3rd places.