Bus lines, and theaters. Both of them are big trouble for malls.
Malls only work if the people going there are civilized. Back when I went to the malls, in the late 70s, 80s and into the mid 90s, people were civilized.
When you look back at who frequented the malls back then in those promo clips, almost everyone was white. It was a safe place. As the demographics changed, they got more dangerous and many died as the crime issues either propelled the mall to go under, or was the final nail in the coffin.
Get rid of bus lines, and get rid of theaters in the mall. The mall will do much better and be safer.
quote “Malls only work if the people going there are civilized”
actually... that could be said of just about anything, theaters, public parks, public pools etc etc