Atlantis Massive Strip Mall Before Collapse?

(Uncooperative News Services – Colorado Rockies Edition – June 10, 2015)
The fabled lost continent of Atlantis most likely descended into a hodgepodge of gaudy strip malls before plummeting into the abyss, say a group of researchers credited with uncovering volumes of data on the lost continent.
Atlantis began as a system of farms and small communities but as consumerism outflanked logic and greed replaced man’s survival instincts the strip malls began to dominate the Atlantis skyline. Soon people stopped growing their own food relying on large food cartels to feed them. The situation deteriorated rapidly from here.
“Whether the strip malls were an attempt at architectural uniformity or the shoddy structures were simply an indication that the populace had given up hope is not clear,” said one psychic.
“We do know that when a society gives up the natural flow in favor of the artificial or synthetic routine it’s days are numbered. That may have occurred in Atlantis and may be happening right under our noses to the sound of the cash register jingling.”
The psychic was careful not to draw parallels to modern day realities or dwell on conjecture as to submerged islands.
“Plato’s demise of Atlantis is spotty while Aristotle may have lived in a Hellenic strip mall prior to meeting his great teacher,” she said. “There are strong indications that the suicide of Socrates was a direct result of the philosopher’s dislike of poorly designed, block buildings cropping up where farms used to exist.”
It is evident that the strip malls were inhabited by squatters at about the same time that the Atlantean monetary system failed,” she added. “The structures extended as far as Syracuse in Sicily. One mega mall drew shoppers from as far away as Crete and is said to have outshone even the Pillars of Hercules. – Rex Montaleone