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I hate to tell you, there is a place like this near where I live (Look up The Greene). I assure you, that place is effectively an outdoor mall. I rarely go there due to traffic in and out, I really dislike walking in it (drivers in there are in a hurry to park or leave, and have little concern for pedestrians, there is no "pedestrian only" space), and if I am going to a mall anyways, I would prefer an indoor mall where I can at least not worry about getting hit by a car going from shop to shop.

It's not just the parking, its the fact that it is not pedestrian friendly at all. If they had shoved parking off to one side and made the entire area car free, that would have been a huge upgrade.

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Not just effectively an outdoor mall, it's literally just an outdoor mall: The Greene's site describes it as an "open-air, mixed-use shopping center."

Isn't what you're describing a symptom of the natural and inevitable crunch into the singularity of digital indoorism?

Going outside at all is a hangover of a rapidly departing age. There's nothing out there anymore. Everything's in your home, except for food. Have it delivered, and you're solid. That just leaves commutes. Insofar as they're necessary, I agree with living in dense, hyperurban hive arcologies where everyone can walk to work/school.

Outside is gauche. It's jejune. Meanwhile, commuting's a necessary evil, and cars are one of the most dangerous and inefficient ways to do it. Update to the new meta or farm outmoded vanity betrayed by its sprawling, parking lot-shaped contradictions.

So you see developers selling their stuff based on how nice it is to be outside, and your conclusion is that people don't want to be outside?

...what? I can't figure out what you're trying to say. I tried reading it several times.

I honestly feel cranky if I have been in the house for too long. I long for a nice walk in nature, which in a city could mean a walk in the park.

I'm not sure how people can live inside all the time, it would be like that Black Mirror episode where all they do is play video games and rack up points to try and get out of it. It would be like prison.

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