Instapundit provides a link to a Business Insider piece that consists of photos of a deserted Ohio shopping mall that is gradually collapsing back into rubble. The photos are haunting, as are the captions.
I am reminded of two formerly vibrant malls in Northern California, one each in Marysville and in Chico. The Marysville mall was flooded during a rare rainy winter in CA. It never made a comeback even though there are active businesses nearby, in the same floodplain risk area. It just sits, looking forlorn, parking lots deserted.
The former mall in Chico was repurposed as an oversize Goodwill second-hand store, a multi-screen movie theater, a shoe store and a Trader Joe's market. In the college town of Chico, Trader Joe's draws lots of custom, as does the theater, keeping the mall parking lots busy. The old mall only looks forlorn to those of us old enough to remember when it was the region's shopping hub.
