I agree…….ruined one in our area .
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In addition to gangs of “teens” acting out.
Yep.
There are two kinds of malls:
-The malls the white people go to.
-The malls the white people used to go to.
-Chris Rock
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.
Yeah, we had one small mall in my town (Greenville mall in Greenville, SC ) that was a nice peaceful mall. It had a $1 movie theatre. Then that theatre decided to show Spike Lees “Do The Right Thing”.They showed it the whole summer. That attracted a “ certain crowd”. Soon after there were constant fights in the mall and parking lot. People stopped going there , especially at night, fearing for their safety.Businesses started closing. A pizza place that was opposite the theatre that offered pizza by he slice for $1, that had been there since the mall opened, closed.
Brockton?
lol
I just said the same thing before I saw your post!
-PJ