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Thoughts on Asunción, Paraguay

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83 points Michelangelo11 | 2 comments | 23 Jun 25 07:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.571s | source
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cjo_dev ◴[25 Jun 25 11:42 UTC] No.44376135[source]▶
The river? Contaminated since they don't have sewer system. The best place to go according to locals? The mall. Want to go anywhere else in Paraguay? It'll take you ages due to a lack of infrastructure.
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keiferski ◴[25 Jun 25 12:50 UTC] No.44376717[source]▶
It’s interesting how malls have mostly died in America but are still a huge thing in many countries, especially ones that have become more developed in the last couple of decades.
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1. mrbombastic ◴[25 Jun 25 17:44 UTC] No.44379948[source]▶
I recently went back to my local mall (in the US) for the first time in a long time that was a ghost town until recently and it was packed full of kids and families! Arcades, carnival style games in storefronts, ice cream stores, go karts, they even had one of those Japanese style capsule stores. It seems has become less explicitly shopping place and more a place to kill a few hours with the family. Would be interested if this is a trend in other places.
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2. collingreen ◴[27 Jun 25 13:10 UTC] No.44396538[source]▶
I was recently in a mall for the first time in years and was shocked by how full and vibrant it was.

That being said, the two malls I used to haunt in my home city where I grew up are either shut down or conspicuously empty of both foot traffic and shops.