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Originally Posted by browna
That said, an small, indoor upscale mall with those stores, now that may be an idea that has better merit to attract true high end luxury item related stores such as clothing stores, the Rolex and Omega dealers etc. I've seen, such as in Anaheim and in Phoenix, there are open air higher end outdoor walking malls with these types of stores...but this is Calgary, that until Starbucks comes up with a fully insultated thermal body suit that delivers coffee intravenously, Ms. Snotty Nose will book a flight to Palm Springs and shop at Burberry there long before she gets out her Land Rover in mid Febuary to trapse through a biting north wind blowing through that flat stretch of swampland to get to the Burberry store here.
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Yeah, the developer that was trying to sell my wife on the idea of relocating there, was citing the Grove complex in LA (next to the old farmer's market... actually quite a nice development).
I can't help but feel that in wintertime, it would look like something out of Dickens: a few huddled and tattered wanders hobbling up and down cobblestone streets, peering into the windows at fine clothes they could never hope to afford, wishing that they could go in simply to warm up, but feeling the humiliation of the snooty and classist shop-keepers, wondering if they could possibly scrounge the money together for a Gucci handbag but knowing that such a choice would force them to eat nothing more than bland meatballs from the Ikea cafeteria for the next month.