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"Gloria P" > wrote in message
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> The UnInmate wrote:
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>> If we thought urban sprawl was ugly we ain't seen nothin' yet. Around
>> here the biggest problem is a monomania for condos.

>
> Ditto.
>
>> The new shopping experience is these box malls where separate box stores
>> are widely spaced on a multi-acre lot so you have to get in your car and
>> drive from one store door to the next. Double Ugh.

>
> Ditto. The worst of it is in winter when there are huge piles of snow
> that block your view of oncoming cars and decrease the number of parking
> spaces by 30% or more at each store and hoards of people are Christmas
> shopping. Then they restripe the lot, making each space narrower because
> there aren't enough spaces and fools in mega-SUVs or pickup trucks take 2
> or more spaces. Ugh. Makes you nostalgic for old-fashioned downtowns
> where you could take a bus or park in big lots behind the stores and walk
> down a real street to shop.
>
> gloria p


I reached adulthood before "malling" became a word, but it was still fun to
wander around the big indoor malls. Now they are passe' and it's really a
shame. The smalltown walk-down-the-main-street-full-of-small-stores thing is
a tourist experience these days.