Increasingly so it grows up areas outside city centers exclusively for commercial purposes. Buyers paradise, shopping malls, supermarkets, outlets, etc., it is called. More or less well-assorted businesses that offer free parking and reasonably low prices. "Why go to the city center when the parking is expensive and the prices high," etc. A kind of argument that have more substance if the difference is otherwise non-existent between the center and the supermarket. A sort of quest for efficiency that often lacks real substance. Why runaround the large parking areas, chasing about the endless retail space, look for standard goods from high-volume producers and have half a mile or so to the next shop. When you can instead take it easy, yet do some effective shopping, appreciate the local environment, watch a show and maybe play some bowling with some friends. Not be a consumer, only. |
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