Unless you make your way to that 1 - 3 stores in the entire country, the majority of people are only going to see an Apple store as a store in a mall.
True. But that's not the reason why not all Americans can live near nice stores.That's because no one visits malls in Germany anymore since all Germans moved to Berlin.
Why doesn't America get such beautiful stores???
Hmm...
Picture of the Berlin store in the OP...
Apple store, Arden Fair Mall, Sacramento:
Apple Store, Forum Shoppes at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas:
Even in places that should be nice, they really aren't. So far in the towns I've traveled to or lived in, the Grove in Los Angeles was the only store that had somewhat of a "wow" factor, and barely at that. So the question stands. Why can't the stores in the US look as elegant as Berlin? We all don't have a Grand Central Station..
BL.
Got any ancient buildings in your area? Maybe that's why!
To be realistic though, the inside looks just like every other Apple Store.
Las Vegas? Sacramento?
Don't compare a mall store to a flagship store. Flagship stores are in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Montreal, Munich, New York, Osaka, Paris, San Francisco, Shanghai, Sydney, Tokyo and Turin; and now, Berlin.
In fact, yes.
Sutter's Fort, around the area where gold was discovered in 1848, that started the entire gold rush.
Old Sacramento, which was the railyards and the original town of Sacramento, with cobblestone streets, still exists. Wouldn't be a bad place for a store.
Vegas, unfortunately, doesn't have much original left. They take pride in selling tickets to see places get blown up. Either way, 3 Apple stores on the same street says a lot; just that they could quite a bit more elaborate than the drab layout typical Apple stores have.
BL.
Why doesn't America get such beautiful stores???
Because their economy is growing while ours' is failing
...Also, in America prime real estate is not wasted. Every inch is used to maximum efficiency.
You actually make my point for me.
Unless you make your way to that 1 - 3 stores in the entire country, the majority of people are only going to see an Apple store as a store in a mall. It is on that premise alone that the original question was asked: why some places get beautifully constructed stores, while most to all places in the US look like mall shops.
There are places in the US that would scream for something as elaborate as this, but instead get a mall shop, flagship store or otherwise.
BL.