When people travel, they seek out the familiar as respite against all the new. And there's nothing more familiar in this country than a shopping mall, ... In any state, the most visited place is a mall.

Anywhere you travel, there are people who have traveled there before you.

Shopping is a pleasurable experience for many people; there's actually a hormonal release that makes us feel good. For some, shopping is a vacation, ... And the mall operators know that and spare little expense in market research to get them inside to shop.

Mall of America gets more visitors than Disney World, Grand Canyon and Graceland combined. People go to Bloomington just to see the mall, ... It's a sad commentary that commercial outlets like malls are more popular than historic and cultural sites or places of natural beauty. But it's one thing Americans do very well: consume.

I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.

To travel hopefully is better than to arrive