Originally Posted by
sykerocker
Other hard cold reality we need to live with: In America, as I write this, if you're getting around by bus, bicycle, walking, etc., you're probably a poor person. Demographically, you're not good business potential. Yeah, that's changing. It hasn't changed enough yet for the malls to notice, or take seriously (with a few exceptions, I would guess). People with money drive cars. Life's a *****.
Sorry, but this is absurd. I suspect that you haven't ridden on many buses, based on your misperception that most bus passengers are bums who don't have money.
If you ever do ride one, a good portion of your fellow passengers will be carrying shopping bags. Guess why? Because they have money, they go shopping, they use the bus to take them shopping. The largest number of bus trips are for commuting (to make money) and for shopping (to spend it). If the malls haven't noticed this fact, it helps to explain why they're rapidly disappearing.