orb@whuts.UUCP (SEVENER) (03/26/86)
> > > > Otherwise, Tom Hill's statement: > > > Further it has been shown that there are may be > > > 1 or 2 spots left in the United States that would be able to handle such > > > a mall. > > > > is prima facie, absurd. I know of at least one mall being built in > > my own local area, I am sure that practically everyone on the net > > can name another mall being built in their area. > > For Tom's information I suggest that everyone on the net who knows > > of a mall being built in their area send him mail so he will see > > that such is indeed the case. > > > > tim sevener whuxn!orb > > The reference was (and still is) _Contemporary Marketing_ by Boone and Kurtz. > Since takes about 400,000 people within a 30 minute driving time to > support a large shopping mall (ie. 50+ stores and several large Department > stores) the fact remains that the consumer market has been saturated with > these malls and the projection is that local malls (up to 50 stores with > one or two larger stores) have the most growth potential during the next > ten yrs. > > Tom Hill I see. So what you are *really* saying is not that no more malls will be built, but that most malls projected for the future are "small" malls of 50 stores. And where does this study project that such "small" malls will be built? I will bet my degree in sociology that they will be built in expanding suburbs AND in small towns which previously conducted most of their business in central business districts congregated around town squares. Which, in turn, will lead to the deterioration and eventual bankruptcy of these previously public town squares. Thank you for bolstering my case, Tom. You make it clear that my warnings of the future threat to democracy of censored malls is more imminent than I had thought. tim sevener whuxn!orb