>>>>Why should "the mall" be so terrible. Usually (here) they have security wandering about and provide a more benign environment than some high streets.
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>>>What is a "high" street?
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>>We would call a mall a shopping centre (usually indoors purpose built and you usually have to drive or get public transport to it)
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>>The high street would be the old centre of town where the shops are gathered in a small area. And quite often the street they are on is actually called high street.
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>Ah, I guess like ours would likely be called Main Street.

Or downtown.