In this area the demographic is exactly 38% white 38% black.
This Mall is 1.5 miles from my house and is basically dead.
I’ve watched malls evolve over the past 50 years. The KCMO metro is a huge shopping destination, especially Johnson County and now Wyandotte County. In Wyandotte County they have two or three big stores starting with NFM which is as big as some malls and then they have The Legends which is open. The Legends is still a bit sketchy but heavily policed. You see a security guard about every five minutes or less. NFM (Nebraska Furniture Mart) has armed guards at the entrance. After that I’m sure that there are guards but they are plain clothes. And it thrives in an area whereto enclosed malls have been overrun by feral yoots. Currently I count four malls which have opened and closed during those years and two that are on their way to closing. To be fair, one of those three that closed did so because the owner was a senile old man and the family was just waiting for him to die since the location was gold. They are now planning a huge complex but it will not involve an enclosed mall.