Posted on 05/22/2018 9:41:04 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
‘Peak mall’ was circa 1982... ah, memories... The food courts with Hot Dog on a Stick and Orange Julius.... packs of teen and pre-teen girls with big hair and leg warmers roaming about...
“You got that right. I haven’t been to a mall in a decade. Too many violent feral youth.”
I walk in the mall. It’s early morning so I know anyone who wants to harm me is probably sleeping.
Move the HBCU’s and their alumni centers there, for obvious reasons.
………...if any freeper believes this is all due to the internet and Amazon and changing economy I got news for you. I operated 2 stores in a large 140 store mall for ten years.
When my lease was up at the end of ten years I told the jerkoff landlord no thanks. I did so because the people that spent money quit coming due to the busloads of “folks” the City insisted on hauling to the Mall.
If you look under the bed, it will be basically the same story everywhere.
Google the horror stories of the once beautiful and prosperous Bannister Mall south of KCMO. Once the lines dropped off inner city parasites, within just a few months, murder, rape, and robberies ALL over area. Its now demolished. Destroyed by feral yutes.
We have two malls that died locally, three others that have survived, one thriving. One of the dead ones was razed years ago, was a showplace at one time, ice skating rink, merry go-round, but location was ambitious and not where the city ultimately grew, bad site planning. The other dead mall has been repurposed into other things. The one that is thriving continues to be a magnet for other retail, has a major ring road around it now like an airport. Bus line just extended to it though, so bad behavior by youths inside the mall has begun. So, we’ll see how long it continues to thrive. Might die in the middle like an old tree, the other retail is outdoor, not enclosed. Has the fanciest Dick’s Sporting Goods I’ve ever seen on the periphery, multistory with escalators.
As do almost every grocery store, what’s your point? I remember bus stop at open air malls 60 years ago and there was no correlation to shootings or violence then either.
i like going to malls if i have time to kill. I like seeing what i am buying, for shoes and clothes. I do buy online also.
i agree with an earlier poster, here in pittsburgh, the south hills, to be precise, there were two malls, one called century III, and one called South Hills Village, this second one was built much earlier....
C3 was great when it first opened, but as noted earlier by others, a busline/route was put in...and guess what happened???
the other mall, SHV has no such demographic issues, and is the centerpiece of a shopping, entertainment area and is thriving.....
Soon to be the fanciest closed Dick's.
Here is my “copyrighted” solution:
Turn the larger ones into secured, self-contained, SENIOR CENTERS.
1. Transform compatible store fronts into “townhouses” (single or multiple), “bungalows, or apartments.
2. Larger, anchor-store spaces can house commercial support for seniors, such as grocery store, drugstores, medical support (doctors, therapy, etc).
3. Place security at all entrances 24/7.
4. Mall walking space for senior exercise (or in some cases, power wheelchairs, small scooters, etc); it’s air conditioned, level, and safe.
5. Secured parking in parking lot, and golf car shuttle to and from cars.
I think the older, and larger, abandoned malls would be excellent for this purpose. No section 8, or government housing.
Then again, it might be prohibitively expensive.
It was a thought....sigh.
Blame Amazon and WalMart.
they could save themselves by offering free pot for every purchase over $50
This Is Dan Bell “Dead Mall Series” is rather interesting too.
Iam SHOCKED I tell ya. Who couldn’t see that coming?
Wait till fall/Winter and all those critters take up full time residence...
“FYI all: In Politically Correct speak, violent feral youth, especially of the Amish variety, are said to be “vibrant”. The noun form describing them is VIBRANTS.”
I understand that the food courts, cinemas and parking lots at malls are quite “vibrant”, “diverse” and “inclusive”.
They can play in the middle of the Freeway
Perhaps in front of oncoming Trains
Any large, busy Construction zone
Plenty of Flop Houses available
Section 8 Housing always has midnight Basketball
Your autocorrect goofed, it's spelled VAGRANTS
“I understand that the food courts, cinemas and parking lots at malls are quite “vibrant”, “diverse” and “inclusive”.”
Indeed they ARE!! Caution is ADVISED.
When will the possibilities of indoors agriculture taking over these malls. I have to believe growing tomatoes year round—organically and locally—will come from these controlled and partitioned environments.
And pot. Cannot forget about pot.
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