I’ve seen the Dead Malls site, and there seem to be quite a few such malls around the country.
I remember Landover Mall, in the Washington, DC area, opening in the 1970s. I remember my father said, that the mall would face difficulties. It’s probably verboten to say why he concluded that, but I recall him observing there were too many of certain types of people. He said they would not be good customers of the stores there, plus he said they would scare off good customers.
Eventually that mall was torn down, after a long decline in which major retailers abandoned the place.
Sometimes, Father knows best!
We can admit it, now that we’re adults.
We live about 1 mile South of Green’s Point (”Gun’s Point” to locals), what used to be the 3rd largest mall in the country. A Fitness Conection and a uniform shop are the only stores there now.
I can remember in the 1960s when the Lloyd Center in Portland was in the Guinness book as the largest shopping center in the world. That distinction is long, long gone, and I have no idea if the place is still open. Haven’t been there in about 40 years, but it was the place to do all my Christmas shopping way back when.