Without a Mall, where will we walk?

Malls are dying across America. People just don't like shopping at them anymore. This is one of the happier consequences of the recession in my opinion, but this paragraph sums up everything that is wrong with our society:

“One of the biggest consequences of mall closings is the loss of a sense of community,” says David Birnbrey of The Shopping Center Group, “a place where people gather and socialize.” And exercise. Retirees Dick and Anne Saplata work out by walking around the largely empty halls of the Metcalf South Mall in Leawood, Kan. It’s likely to close soon, and there’s talk that a developer will raze the place. If the mall goes under, Dick Saplata asks, “where are we going to walk?”

Ummm, how about outside? I mean its not like Kansas is frickin Alaska. The weather ain't that bad.

We've come to depend on shopping malls for community and exercise. Man, we've got a long way to go to fix this country.