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by atombender 2652 days ago
> filled with luxury shops that no one appears to actually shop at

This [1] Reddit thread from the other day was interesting reading. Those empty luxury shops are definitely to a large extent ads for high-end companies who just want to have a New York presence. Same thing on 5th avenue and in airports.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/AskNYC/comments/b2n7y6/people_that_...