Millenias and Z'ers will never understand, "the Good Times", as in the Chic song from 1979.
Flame away.
Posted on 04/27/2024 4:38:37 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Malls are dying—but a dead mall gives a community the chance to rebuild something that might have been doomed to begin with.
For countless Americans—especially those who came of age in the postwar years—malls were the new town square: a place to shop, eat, gather and meander. Envisioned as perfectly pristine, cast against the gritty danger of urban centers, the American mall became the image of suburban consumerism, the "pyramids to the boom years," as Joan Didion once wrote. But like the pyramids, the culture that the malls once honored—and survived off of—is starting to vanish. In 2014, traditional retailers will, for the first time, generate half of their sales growth from the web. For the American mall mogul, the reality is clear: rethink what it means to be a mall, or die.
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Millenias and Z'ers will never understand, "the Good Times", as in the Chic song from 1979.
Flame away.
Which gal is you?
Malls are too dangerous you go have fun
Flame away.
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OK I will. Check your DAMN photo sizing before you post!
I agree…….ruined one in our area .
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A mall near me died and was shortly thereafter repurposed as a refugee shelter for Katrina victims.
Talk about going from bad to worse!
In addition to gangs of “teens” acting out.
Yep.
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.
In addition to gangs of “teens” acting out.
Outdoor shopping malls, especially outlet malls, seem to be doing better, however.
[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!
Yes. Teens that were bussed in from MLK Blvd.
Now, we only have one big mall and it is called Amazon.
Sounds like you got sand in your pixels
Yes. Over 1400 pixels.
If a FReeper cannot resize photos, they have no business posting them.
Ala Moana in Honolulu. Great food cost. Baraks sons are better behaved. Appreciate a good thing.
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 😂
I can’t tell you the location, as it is super secret 🤫. Still safe, and, still a great day of shopping, lunching, walking, etc.
PS ... I walk about 4-5 miles, daily, as well.
There are two kinds of malls:
-The malls the white people go to.
-The malls the white people used to go to.
-Chris Rock
That’s the movie Valley Girl.
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