Future of Lakeside Mall

[Hermod]

Why is Hall Road a shame? What else where they going to put in the middle of nowhere? It's not like they destroyed some urban center.

Because all of those stores were stolen, STOLEN I TELL YOU, from their rightful owner, downtown Detroit. If the government had been properly run, I tell you, no one would have been allowed to open any commercial facility outside of downtown.

[DetroitPlanner]

Because all of those stores were stolen, STOLEN I TELL YOU, from their rightful owner, downtown Detroit. If the government had been properly run, I tell you, no one would have been allowed to open any commercial facility outside of downtown.

Shirley you jest! [[Don't call me Shirley!)

There were lots of stores outside of Downtown Detroit. How about stores in Downtown Pontiac, Mt. Clemens, or Utica? Would these not 'steal' more from them than Downtown Detroit? More shopping was done in the Neighborhoods of Detroit at the height of retailing than there was done downtown. This was a common pattern throughout retail. People shop where it is closest. It is logical. What is not logical is allowing conditions to exist that perpetuated more growth than what was needed.