The Big Box stores are going the same way the department stores went:
1. Big Box stores require high vehicle traffic arteries, but people are driving less and stopping less. 20 somethings don't like cars or driving. Those same arterial roads are often filled with walls of trucks which further puts people off.
2. Shopping online, has become embedded in our society. You can buy the same stuff, or better online with just a few taps on your phone and it arrives 2 days latter on your doorstep - and most people know it.
3. Stores like Aldi are eating away at the grocery end of the big box businesses like Walmart and Target.
4. The "outlot" fast food joints and canned decor sit down restaurant chains (Olive Garden, Applebee's, Friday's) don't attract like they used to and therefore make the area less of a "destination."
