Dying retail stores

Did you ever notice that nostalgia for a retail store skyrockets when the store goes out of business? If people cared that much about a store, it wouldn't have gone out of business in the first place. To me it shows that people again romanticize the past at the expense of the present because of false nostalgia. 

Malls and retail stores are dying for a reason. The reason is that Amazon is much, much better than shopping at crowded retail stores. People like shopping from home in their athletic pants and sweatshirts. While I'm not saying we dressed up in tuxedos to go to Macy's the fact that we can shop from home and avoid traffic and crowds is surely a reason why retail is dying. 

There are people who miss wandering around malls and just browsing in shops-and while I understand that point of view, I don't share it. You can always browse around outlet stores , and while most retail stores are dying slow deaths, they aren't dead yet so you can wander around in there too. 

Those people who miss the past focus on the good and ignore the bad. They do this with high school, retail stores, sports, music, video games-you name it. It's understandable why they do this, but it's still bizarre to me.