Thoughts on Asunción, Paraguay

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.

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.

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.