- The American suburb has gone through some huge changes in the past few decades.
- Malls, once a place for suburbanites to spend their downtime, have suffered in what has been dubbed the retail apocalypse, and many have shut down.
- Suburban real estate and golf courses have also evolved in recent years.
In March 2017, Business Insider reported a series of stories on "The Death of Suburbia," declaring the end of the suburbs as we once knew them.
By examining the plummeting value of McMansions, the increasingly blurry line between city and suburb, and the shuttered shopping malls across the US, we saw that the once flourishing suburbs were no longer what they used to be...
RSK: Madison is seeing both of these happening. City golf courses losing hundreds of thousands, West Gate Mall not renewing leases. The good thing is the owners of West Gate will be re-purposing the place. I am betting some retail and restaurants on the first level with apartments and condos above. The Hy-Vee is next store, Whitney Square with many shops across the street, Health Club across Odana Rd, and a dog park right behind the building. Also UW Health right down the road. A naturally occurring retirement center or NORC, if I ever saw one ready to blossom. Keep your eyes out to see what the city will allow...I hope they do not mess this one up.
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