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There have been problems at some malls, at which minority youth arrive by public transportation.

It’s politically incorrect to say out loud. But, malls don’t want big numbers of ghetto youth scaring off regular shoppers, the kind of shoppers who actually buy things and keep the stores in the mall in business.

Anybody familiar with the Washington DC area years ago, may know what happened to Landover Mall. That mall went downhill and was eventually closed. And the reason was that the area around the mall was going downhill, and because critical masses of minority youth were hanging out and causing trouble.

I remember someone telling me they went to the movies at Landover Mall once, and it was the first and last time. They said that the youth talked and laughed out loud through the whole movie, and they couldn’t hear anything. And, the theater had rows of ripped up seats. One row of seats was no longer bolted to the floor, so the whole row became like a rocking chair or a swing to mischevious youth. It was a forbidding environment.

If malls get too many ghetto youth, they have trouble staying in business. It’s as simple as that. Legitimate customers will stay away.

Yes, I guess I’m also suggesting that these ghetto youth are not legitimate customers. They don’t buy much of anything, they just hang out and create a hostile environment.

In my area, most of the shopping malls have public transportation. Two of the malls are in trouble. One has already closed; the other is practically empty, and a new owner intends to convert most of the space into offices. The official explanation is the bad economy, but the real reason is the unruly urban youth.

A new mall opened north of the city a couple of years ago. The owners were smart. They made sure there would be no public transit to this mall. Made some people unhappy, but too bad. The owners don’t want to see their new mall trashed.

malls don’t want big numbers of ghetto youth scaring off regular shoppers, the kind of shoppers who actually buy things and keep the stores in the mall in business.

You mean they don't want these kind of shoppers?

youtube video of a jewelry store at an upscale mall in Atlanta, GA losing nearly a million dollars in Rolex watches during a 30-second smash and grab.

But hey, a brutha gotta have dat bling-bling.

Ogden,UT lost a mall the same way. The gang bangers assaulted patrons and police were afraid to act. The mall failed, closed and was razed. A new mall arose a few miles away. Presumably out of range for the bad element that ruined the other mall.