When I shop for clothes, which is rare, and my local consignment shop has nothing interesting, I go online. Bean, Land’s End, bras, Zappos for shoes, and Amazon.
I use the local community for food, household products, pet food, and socks.
I was in a mall in late November to buy an Apple laptop. On the 30 mile-ride home, we got a flat tire ($250).
That day and my subsequent nervous collapse from too much noise, too many odors of old fried grease, and too many people reminded me of why I hate to shop outside of my village.