I actually really love department stores.
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Wish there was a mall still near by me. I really love the vibes of a mall with the echoey music. I’d probably go on a trip to Minneapolis just to vibe at mall of America lmao.
I have at least three near me. I intend to go next month, to get a new iPhone. So yeah, every 2-5 years; I’m not their number one customer
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I have at least three near me. I intend to go next month, to get a new iPhone. So yeah, every 2-5 years; I’m not their number one customer
I have one near me. I took my kid there because he was really curious about what it's like inside malls. That was some depressing shit. Any mid-2000s nostalgia was eclipse by the zombie apocalypse feel of the place.
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All the smaller malls died/are dying. The upscale like, destination malls in larger cities are surviving. Maybe one or two per larger city.
The smaller malls are thriving in Europe, when they are situated downtown close to public transit hubs where there is a ton of pedestrians anyway, instead of far away from everything like in the US
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Dead malls must be a car-culture thing, right? Because the local malls where I live are always full of people whenever I'm there, not really dead at all
And yeah, it is nice to hang out with friends there and look at clothes or eat something or stuff like that!
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Dead malls must be a car-culture thing, right? Because the local malls where I live are always full of people whenever I'm there, not really dead at all
And yeah, it is nice to hang out with friends there and look at clothes or eat something or stuff like that!
Ours is quite lively. Not hating social interaction, but the crowding is a bit much. The other mall died, only got one now.
Being a teen in the 80s, Woodland Hills Mall was the bomb! Big enough to spend the afternoon, hang out, meet girls, hit the arcade, dodge the skins and rednecks who wanted to beat our punker asses. Good times!
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That's 100% the 5th Avenue Mall in Anchorage, AK.
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Malls used to be great for that. It was where boutiques went to die
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The smaller malls are thriving in Europe, when they are situated downtown close to public transit hubs where there is a ton of pedestrians anyway, instead of far away from everything like in the US
Wanted to say, I have two smaller ones and a medium mall, all within a 5 minute walk, all of them busy. But all of them also include supermarkets, the Aldi I always go to is in one. Its super convenient, when I come from work by train, I walk 1 minute from the station through the mall to the supermarket, pick up some stuff, exit on the other side of the mall and walk like 3 minutes home.
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Those chairs remind me of the ones from the animated movie WALL-E, which is concerning for our futures
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Dead malls must be a car-culture thing, right? Because the local malls where I live are always full of people whenever I'm there, not really dead at all
And yeah, it is nice to hang out with friends there and look at clothes or eat something or stuff like that!
We have a megamall in our region that a lot of people go to but our local suburban malls are all pretty much dead and in transition. The one closest to me is slated to be developed into a mixed used residential property with apartments/condos, shops, gym, other businesees, restaurants. This is mostly due to a large chip fab manufacturing project planned to be constructed in the next 2 years. There will be demand for housing and other services so the Town/County is interested in removing any barriers for that kind of development.
2 years ago, I went into that mall during Christmas season and it was very very sad looking.
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Wanted to say, I have two smaller ones and a medium mall, all within a 5 minute walk, all of them busy. But all of them also include supermarkets, the Aldi I always go to is in one. Its super convenient, when I come from work by train, I walk 1 minute from the station through the mall to the supermarket, pick up some stuff, exit on the other side of the mall and walk like 3 minutes home.
Our Aldis here are either stand-alone or adjacent to a stripmall.
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I have one near me. I took my kid there because he was really curious about what it's like inside malls. That was some depressing shit. Any mid-2000s nostalgia was eclipse by the zombie apocalypse feel of the place.
That is how I felt at my local mall a few years ago during Christmas season.. it was soooo blighted. The floors were not polished, there was not the atmosphere one who grew up in mall culture from the 80s during Christmas that would be accustomed to.. I mean, half the doors didn't work automatically like they used to and half the shops were empty.
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They still have these at the movie theater near me lol
Do not trust them. They poke you in the asshole.
Unless you're into that, in which case go check em out.
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That is how I felt at my local mall a few years ago during Christmas season.. it was soooo blighted. The floors were not polished, there was not the atmosphere one who grew up in mall culture from the 80s during Christmas that would be accustomed to.. I mean, half the doors didn't work automatically like they used to and half the shops were empty.
When I last went Christmas shopping at a mall, it really wasn’t even worth going. It was sad, as you said but I also didn’t find anything relevant at a price I would pay. It was all sad and pointless
It’s interesting in an unfortunate way that my kid was lamenting having no place to hang out with his buddies. Malls used to attract teens, to the point where their previous hangouts are gone. Now there’s nothing
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Dead malls must be a car-culture thing, right? Because the local malls where I live are always full of people whenever I'm there, not really dead at all
And yeah, it is nice to hang out with friends there and look at clothes or eat something or stuff like that!
People despawn when you leave to save resources. It's dead when you're not around.
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It's great if you love insanely overpriced clothes!
See I don't agree, I actually cross the border (pre the orange rapist and the tariffs) to shop there and save buckets of money shopping there. The long weekend deals are amazing compared to where I live. I got 35 pieces of closing for 310 dollars last fall.
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My local Penny’s went out of business what feels like a decade ago. I didn’t realize the brand was still alive.
I love it there.
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Dead malls must be a car-culture thing, right? Because the local malls where I live are always full of people whenever I'm there, not really dead at all
And yeah, it is nice to hang out with friends there and look at clothes or eat something or stuff like that!
Not exactly.
In the USA, a ton of malls got built in the 1950's to 1980's because of various tax incentives. These malls were anchored by department stores, providing a middle class place to buy goods.
Department stores tanked when dealing with big big box stores and online retail. Also, some mall specialty stores died off as well. Without that foot traffic, dead malls started to form.
Some malls are fighting back by increasing food and entertainment options, but the economics of malls are pretty rough.
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Like dead malls? Like vaporwave?
Retail Archaeology is a great YouTube channel about dying stores
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See I don't agree, I actually cross the border (pre the orange rapist and the tariffs) to shop there and save buckets of money shopping there. The long weekend deals are amazing compared to where I live. I got 35 pieces of closing for 310 dollars last fall.
Damn at my local JC Penny that money would buy you like 3 dresses
