World's Largest Malls according Forbes

[Jun aka Pekto]

I'd agree but we have malls in the US too. It's just that most are not as big as the ones in the Philippines.

Maybe it's in the number of people. Looking at Wikipedia, Metro Manila has an area of 636 sq km and a population of 11.3M. The density per sq km is 17.8K people

Compare that to say, Tucson AZ which has a city area of 505 sq km and a population of 516K. The density per sq km is 2.7K people.

That's the city itself. Outside the city spread out all over at an area maybe 4x-5x the size of Tucson itself are another 930k people.

At its most crowded, Tucson's population density is still much less than Manila's. I'm not sure if that's a criteria for mall-building. But, if I was building a mall, I'd consider it.

We have 2 major malls plus several smaller ones, one at the north, the other at the south, all within city limits. Most homeowners outside the city limits are against malls in their area because they tend to lower property value.

[gearspeed]

Wow ang galing naman ni Henry Sy.Ang dami pala ng mall sa China.

[Zeus]

Galing a number 3 mall of Asia sa buong mundo

[ghosthunter]

One of the reasons why the US doesn't have very big malls is the lower population density there as compared to developing countries.

[Syuryuken]

Naghihirap ba talaga ang mga pinoy?

[j_avonni]

SM - from a small stall in Quiapo to among the biggest malls in the world. Ang galing!

[zman]

Ang pinoy naghihirap? he he. Pansin nyo ba that on a workday in the US konti lang ang tao sa mall pero dito sa atin, comparatively, marami pa rin even though it's a workday?

[Isuzoom]

maraming namamasyal...

[Jun aka Pekto]

Ang pinoy naghihirap? he he. Pansin nyo ba that on a workday in the US konti lang ang tao sa mall pero dito sa atin, comparatively, marami pa rin even though it's a workday?

People with homes and material things that go with owning one tend to stay home during weekdays. Going to malls is more of a weekend or "after-Mass" occasion.

Still, the malls here are relatively empty during weekdays except after 3:30pm when HS kids are released and they head for the mall. That's the first wind.

Around 4:30pm, just about everyone who works go home and changes. Around 5:30pm, the second wind starts when many of them head back to town, including the malls.

The patterns are reliable enough that we use it to time our commutes when the least traffic is likely except Friday nights. Anything goes Friday nights.

[aceshark]

Ang pinoy naghihirap? he he. Pansin nyo ba that on a workday in the US konti lang ang tao sa mall pero dito sa atin, comparatively, marami pa rin even though it's a workday?

kaya marami rin ako nakikitang red plate sa parking area ng malls tuwing weekdays...

[bunge]

Maybe it's in the number of people. Looking at Wikipedia, Metro Manila has an area of 636 sq km and a population of 11.3M. The density per sq km is 17.8K people

Compare that to say, Tucson AZ which has a city area of 505 sq km and a population of 516K. The density per sq km is 2.7K people.

That's the city itself. Outside the city spread out all over at an area maybe 4x-5x the size of Tucson itself are another 930k people.

At its most crowded, Tucson's population density is still much less than Manila's. I'm not sure if that's a criteria for mall-building. But, if I was building a mall, I'd consider it.

We have 2 major malls plus several smaller ones, one at the north, the other at the south, all within city limits. Most homeowners outside the city limits are against malls in their area because they tend to lower property value.

It's the opposite here. Malls are a welcome sight because they tend to increase the value of the area.

[Jun aka Pekto]

It's the opposite here. Malls are a welcome sight because they tend to increase the value of the area.

I guess people here tend to value privacy a lot more in expense of convenience.