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There are many malls now, but this wasn’t always true. Many years ago, most stores were in downtown areas, and people went into the main part of the city to shop. But in the early 1950s, many people began to move out of cities. They moved to suburbs or small towns outside the city. Those people wanted to have stores near them; they did not want to take long trips into the city to go shopping. Malls were built so that people could shop near their homes. The idea of the mall was to have many stores under one roof so that people would want to spend more time shopping. And because malls were covered, people could shop even if it was cold or raining. By the 1980s, malls were so popular that people did not just shop there. Malls became social gathering places; people went to malls to spend time with their friends.
1. Which fact can be found in the text? ...
2. According to this text, why were malls built? ...
3. What is a small town outside a city called? ...