It's the same here in Australia, the only thing I go to town for is to purchase food from the supermarket.
I can get better quality sent to my door in less time from England, not joking, I go through the various stores and they cater 90% for women and the stuff men need from hardware stores etc is a lot more expensive than online. Usually I only purchase local for the sake of convenience.
I just purchased a leather jacket from the US a lot cheaper than here including freight.
It is sad to see a lot of stores closed down, especially in rural towns but I'm not surprised!!
As mentioned earlier, most of the stores cater for women, I can go into a shopping center and over half the shops sell clothing for women, dresses, shoes, hosiery, perfume etc, and half of those the same brands!!
It is almost impossible to find a hobby shop, electronic store etc catered for men, all we get is hardware stores!