It didn’t have to be outdated but it is because of unpunished retail theft, danger to retail employees, danger to shoppers from gangs at malls and retail stores.
There is also a new danger to people from online shopping due to hackers, porch pirates, and attacks on delivery drivers and residences.
Everything is chaos now.
It’s sad to see what our country is turning into.
I had stopped going into malls and stores years ago. On the internet, you can get so much more information in terms of descriptions, reviews, etc., Browsing the internet for something, I figure, ‘well as long as I’m here, I’ll buy it here.’
There are a few things I’ll still go to the store for - an expensive overcoat or shoes - and the grocery. But walking around shopping centers doesn’t interest me anymore. It doesn’t help that so many stores are now just huge chains, and the merchandise from one to the other is similar and largely boring. Where I am, at least, we don’t have many of the interesting independent stores we used to have. They made ‘going shopping’ fun and interesting; but they’ve mostly taken to the Internet.