In suburban areas of the US and Canada, mixed use buildings are generally not allowed.

Mixed use meaning retail space one the ground level with apartments/ condos above.

However, some of these shopping centers are built to give the appearance of mixed use space to give it a more “luxurious” appearance.

So the post is implying that the second floor of the building is fake.

Another commenter has pictures of before and after the remodel that added the “fake” second floor.

“German physiologist Friedrich Goltz demonstrated that a frog that has had its brain removed will remain in slowly heated water, but an intact frog attempted to escape”

Umm wtf.