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The Death And Rebirth of the American Mall
Smithsonian ^
| 11/24/14
| Natasha Geiling and Esri
Posted on 04/27/2024 4:38:37 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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I know from almost 10 years ago, but mall culture epitomozed the 70's and 80's, sorry to see it go.
Millenias and Z'ers will never understand, "the Good Times", as in the Chic song from 1979.
Flame away.
To: DallasBiff
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posted on
04/27/2024 4:40:37 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
To: DallasBiff
Malls are too dangerous you go have fun
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posted on
04/27/2024 4:44:22 PM PDT
by
NWFree
(Sigma male š¤Ŗ)
To: DallasBiff
Many malls died when they added this...
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posted on
04/27/2024 4:46:05 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(A truth thatās told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
To: DallasBiff
Flame away.
____________________________
OK I will. Check your DAMN photo sizing before you post!
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posted on
04/27/2024 4:46:55 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(A truth thatās told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
To: Responsibility2nd
I agreeā¦ā¦.ruined one in our area .
ā¦..
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posted on
04/27/2024 4:48:15 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: Mears
A mall near me died and was shortly thereafter repurposed as a refugee shelter for Katrina victims.
Talk about going from bad to worse!
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posted on
04/27/2024 4:51:56 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(A truth thatās told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
To: Responsibility2nd
In addition to gangs of āteensā acting out.
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posted on
04/27/2024 4:52:36 PM PDT
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who youāll know me as)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
04/27/2024 4:53:47 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
(Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
To: Jane Long
The mall in my area is having a resurgence - the Danbury Fair Mall in Connecticut.
That is the mall I go to walk in on rainy days because I try to walk at least 5 miles every day.
Over the past few years, it has added many stores as well as a huge entertainment center with billiards tables, ping pong, video games, skee ball, etc.
Crowds are coming back. I guess it's all about the location. Danbury (in Fairfield County) is a rather upscale area. The mall in nearby Bridgeport is mostly dead because it's in a run down ghetto.
When I came of age in the 1970s and 1980s, the mall was the place to be (see below for a mall vintage 1982). In certain areas, it does seem to be on the comeback.
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posted on
04/27/2024 4:56:29 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(6,575,474 Truth | 87,429,044 Twitter)
To: No name given
In addition to gangs of āteensā acting out.
Yup. Yuths basically killed the indoor shopping mall. The rise of Online shopping didn’t help either. It was a one-two punch. Most indoor malls you go to these days are downright sad & depressing.
Outdoor shopping malls, especially outlet malls, seem to be doing better, however.
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posted on
04/27/2024 4:57:28 PM PDT
by
rbg81
To: Responsibility2nd
[OK I will. Check your DAMN photo sizing before you post!]
Ha! I didn’t even realize there was a third person in the picture until I read that and squoze it over. Thanks!
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posted on
04/27/2024 4:57:56 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
To: No name given
Yes. Teens that were bussed in from MLK Blvd.
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posted on
04/27/2024 5:00:02 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(A truth thatās told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
To: DallasBiff
Now, we only have one big mall and it is called Amazon.
To: Responsibility2nd
Sounds like you got sand in your pixels
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posted on
04/27/2024 5:13:43 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: bigbob
Yes. Over 1400 pixels.
If a FReeper cannot resize photos, they have no business posting them.
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posted on
04/27/2024 5:18:14 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(A truth thatās told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
To: bigbob
Ala Moana in Honolulu. Great food cost. Baraks sons are better behaved. Appreciate a good thing.
To: SamAdams76
Sam....this is wonderful!! Sounds like our teens were very similar.
We had lunch, today, in the TX Hill Country, at a place that was playing all of the old 70s/80s songs!
Our malls are no go zones, unfortunately.
However....where my sweet aunt lives (and, we visit OFTEN), there are two BIG malls that are like a throwback to the 80s!!
I take her shopping there (there’s a Dillards, which she loves), and, I meet my cousin, there, and we walk the mall ... just like we did, in our teens š
I can’t tell you the location, as it is super secret š¤«. Still safe, and, still a great day of shopping, lunching, walking, etc.
PS ... I walk about 4-5 miles, daily, as well.
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posted on
04/27/2024 5:21:59 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
To: Responsibility2nd
There are two kinds of malls:
-The malls the white people go to.
-The malls the white people used to go to.
-Chris Rock
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posted on
04/27/2024 5:23:29 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Jane Long
That’s the movie Valley Girl.
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posted on
04/27/2024 5:24:28 PM PDT
by
ArcadeQuarters
(You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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