Comments on: Abandoned Shopping Malls to Follow Abandoned Houses

By: No End In Sight for US Housing Market Woes

No End In Sight for US Housing Market Woes — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:10:42 +0000

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By: Fred

Fred — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:41:34 +0000

Oh yeah, chuck the poor and homeless in a failed shopping malls, on slightly tweaked-up tenancy agreements - then we might get to see some good ol fashioned in-yer-face slavery. Don't believe mall operators are slave driving, consumer screwing bastards? See retail tenancies report at the productivity commission web.

By: christina

christina — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:34:10 +0000

Ps- would they still go broke if they all slept not only in the shops, but outside the shops where the big pathways are- I was thinking that, imagine how many tents you could fit in the spaces in the mall where people walk

By: christina

christina — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:32:14 +0000

Oh well, it's back to the old drawing board for me

By: beyondtool

beyondtool — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:53:25 +0000

All nice ideas, but the do you know how high the rents are in shopping malls? Businesses in good times still go broke because of rental costs, a handful of homeless people per shop are not going to afford the kind of money required to pay a security guard, electrical bills, food and maintenance costs.

Converting shopping malls into manufacturing is a nice idea, but not practical IMHO.

I think it is more likely that shopping malls will be abandonded, plundered and fall into disrepair like some apocalytic movie.

By: christina

christina — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:13:24 +0000

Maybe they can put homeless people in them to sleep. seriously, that's a great idea. Each family could pay a little bit for a "rent-a-tent" space. And then they would have a roof over their heads and they would not be cold. And a shopping centre security guard or two could gurad them while they sleep at night, so they dont rob each other or hurt each other. Then in the morning, they can have salvation army cooks working in the food courts of the giant malls, to make them all food. They will have toilets too which are already there. And they will have heaters in winter and air conditioners in Summer. And then the owners of the shopping centres won't go broke, as their rent will be getting paid.

By: Curt

Curt — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:52:07 +0000

Maybe the abandoned shopping malls can be converted into manufacturing buildings after the dollar collapse and the revival of the manufacturing sector.