Ask HN: What is the equivalent of a shopping mall for engineers/programmers

In Silicon Valley, it was the combination of Fry's Electronics, Micro Center, Weird Stuff Warehouse and a couple other stores, and the tech bookstores Computer Literacy, Stacey's Books and Digital Guru. The future, unevenly distributed.

Micro Center for those who have one in their state

Huaqiangbei, Shenzhen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaqiangbei

This? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJqSF9h_NX4

I use aliexpress.com, but I live in a country close to China and far from the western tech-hubs.