This runs counter to all of my luxury aspirations in America

But I did consider doing a stint at the top of the Sony Center in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin

I think I'll stick to my existing aspirations of "get your funds up". Success for me will be getting called a douchebag because of my far-future son or daughter's car, without any further context of my character or in person actions. Then I will feel like "yes, I've made it".

Living in the carcass of a mall won't do that.