Not to mention having to park almost in the next county if you don't arrive early enough. And then meandering through 6 acres of building to reach your destination.
Isn’t that the truth! When I lived in a burb and had a kid at home, I shopped the stores in the burb, only driving the 7-8 miles to the dreaded mall to shop at Christmas, because the cub enjoyed seeing all the decorations and stuff-between parking in the next county, meandering through crowds in an area the size of several football fields and going up and down the escalator two stories to find the store you were looking for, then finally carting your bags and packages through the parking lot to the truck-it was an all day affair-get there at 9 AM and leave with a sigh of relief by 3-4 PM, if you were very lucky...