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kickstand t1_jdoycnn wrote

Reply to comment by FunLife64 in Providence Place Mall in Flux — Another Store Closing, New Restaurant Coming, and More Changes by L0v3_1s_War

The mall arguably killed downtown shopping, though. And makes it much harder for downtown to revive, like other downtowns are.

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FunLife64 t1_jdozduo wrote

I mean the mall was part of PVDs downtown re-emerging. It’s not like downtown today is some run down ghost town. Brick n mortar “Shopping” in general is dying, mall or not. It’s not like Worcester and Hartford have Crate & Barrel and Anthropologie downtown cause they don’t have a mall. The mall still brings lots of people to downtown PVD.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_jdss0s1 wrote

I think this take requires pretending that downtown retail on storefronts is a thriving modern concept and not some shit that died everywhere

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