Avoiding the Malls because of Thugs is one reason Malls are failing and becoming a blight on the neighborhood.
We are letting the thugs win. How can we take back the Malls?
Who really wants them? They’re sort of pointless. The idea was year-round shopping without having to endure adverse weather, heat, cold, rain and snow. Practical reality is an unsheltered walk across a parking lot of several football field lengths to enter the enclosed mall. It’s inconvenient. I’d rather park in front of or beside the store itself.