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Originally Posted by suburbanite
I haven't been to many malls in Canada, but I do remember going to the old mall in downtown Sarnia When I was younger and it was absolutely deserted. I think there were two stores open in the entire place. All of downtown Sarnia was pretty barren though, the placement of wal-mart and other big box stores away from core has really killed the downtown area.
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I went into Lambton Mall in the summer of 2010, and it was dead with a lot of vacant stores. The same day I went to Birchwood Mall in Port Huron, Michigan, and it was packed. Half the license plates in the parking lot were Ontario plates.
I really wish the Ontario government would recognize that government regulations which make operating businesses more expensive in Ontario than in Michigan are not allowing local businesses in border communities to compete effectively with similar businesses across the border. Then again, I have noticed that gas stations in Sarnia don't even try to compete with the gas stations in Port Huron, while gas stations in Niagara Falls and even Welland tend to be significantly cheaper than gas stations closer to Hamilton.
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