[bus man]

It’s interesting that this mall is one of the more upscale malls in the Baltimore metro area, in one of the more affluent suburbs.

True, but it's connected by bus to Greenmount Avenue, one of the crappiest parts of Baltimore.

[Scarpetta]

Public transportation was what killed the suburban mall. Case in point: Back in the 1990s SEPTA transit workers went on strike. Shoplifting at local malls declined by huge margins; the King of Prussia mall reported a 70% decrease in retail theft alone. I won’t go to movie theatres that can be accessed by busses for the same causational reason.