From driving past a number of typical American strip malls, an anthropologist would conclude:

• that we love the color red above all others
• that we get our nails done constantly, probably while waiting for photographs to be developed
• that all we think about is eating, eating, eating, and that our concept of happiness and camaraderie is completely intertwined with this mania for nonstop eating and drinking, except for those times when eating is a grim solitary activity that takes place in a parked car in an empty area of the parking lot
• that the elderly use the presence of the strip mall merely as an excuse to get out of the house, as they often can be seeing simply mailing a letter or "browsing" in the somewhat seedy pet shop with no intention of making a purchase
• that people of Thai descent are inordinately fond of puns