But also I'm an hour away from what was at one point the largest mall in europe, that stays open pretty late on weekdays and has the additonal benefit of being *personally* heartbreaking and a shadow of what it once was, and VR won't replicate that. Unless I rebuild it as it was

I can at least second that VR Chat is more interactive as a solitary exploration thing than as a multiplayer with randos thing. Randos suck. It's best with a friend group but I can't be dicked to organize friends or schedule times so solo for me woo!