On the news last night there was a piece on how the credit crunch is affecting main street America. I wasn't really paying too much attention (any mention of the 'credit crunch' or 'global financial crisis' is enough to make anyone want to switch off just to save your sanity these days!).
Until they showed an out-of-town shopping mall. Somewhere in Ohio I think.
Out of 160 shops, only 5 were still open for business. The rest were simply empty, shutters down. How the remaining shops were managing to stay open I don't know because the place was literally deserted - not a single person in sight. Even the vast car park was completely empty except for a single car. It was eerie, like a ghost town.
A bit of a contrast with Leicester's (currently bustling) new Highcross shopping centre which has just opened, and hopefully not a sign of things to come here in the UK.
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