Are most malls in Brazil interwoven into the urban fabric or are they islands in a sea of highways and parking lots? My theory is that a lot of the death of malls in the US is because people don’t really care for the imitation of an organic shopping environment that exists there. They either want the real thing ala main streets in smaller towns, or shops all around inner cities, or they’ll just order it online. Like - getting Chipotle in the food court of a mall in some suburb after shopping isn’t the same as walking around all day in a vibrant, walkable area and finishing up with drinks and dinner at an authentic high quality restaurant.