Anyone familiar with Landover Mall in the Washington, DC area?
That was a beautiful suburban mall when it opened. But, the area around the mall went downhill, and gang types went to the mall. Their presence in big numbers scared away legitimate shoppers. Stores pulled out of the mall, leaving vacancies or low end retail such as dollar stores.
Eventually the mall was torn down.
Some black leaders in that area blame the owners of the mall for not having adequate security, or for not doing more to attract high end stores. But, unfortunately, critical masses of shoppers voted with their feet, and decided to avoid Landover Mall as it went downhill.
Nobody wants to go shopping in gang country. Probably it is politically incorrect or even racist to say anything. But the mall went under. You can’t survive in retail without legitimate paying customers.
Probably it is politically incorrect or even racist to say anything
Oh Well !
White guilt is for victims .. liberate yourself .. begin by losing the apologetics.
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I know something about Landover (it was a bit too far for regular shopping), more about PG Plaza. The selection at PG was always a bit out there. We used to joke it was for people with no taste. I lived in Montgomery Cty and preferred Wheaton and Montgomery Malls.
I get sad over dead malls. I think about kids with their first jobs, parents buying birthday presents, a nervous guy getting an engagement ring at Jareds, teens meeting in the food court for cheap dates. It’s all very sad. The mall is more than stores; it is a community in many ways.
For those interested in this kind of thing, see http://deadmalls.com/.
yeah, yeah, it was the owners’ fault for not having enough security. They moan that businesses move away from their communities, or won’t come to their communities, but no one seems to want to take responsibility for their own feral youts and the destruction they wreak.
I remember it well At the end the place looked like a scene from the movie “The Warriors”