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-- Malls dying? Soon to be gone? - a question...

Hi guys,

When's the last time you've stepped foot inside of a mall? I used to love to shop and I'll say it's been over 3 years for me.

Just wanting to get the general consensus on this. No poll - just post your answer.

Thanks

Malls are for teenage kids and old people to walk in an controlled environment

4 or 5 years ago here as well. King of Prussia Mall.

I don't recall seeing a Spencers Gifts or Hickory Farms.

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Originally Posted by ptlyon (Post 13669012)

Malls are for teenage kids and old people to walk in an controlled environment

hasn't always been like that - pre-Amazon. So GFY Asshole!

J/K Ptlyon - chill the **** out.

It's tough to differentiate personal mall patronization patterns from population-wide patterns. As people age, their daily need for new stuff goes down. So everyone thinking of their own experiences says 'sure, I go less than I used to.'

That is, unless they are hauling kids there, or otherwise going there to get things for an expanding family.

It's tough to argue with the logic, though, that the virtual environment has replaced the mall environment, both as a place to gather for leisure and a place to obtain consumer goods.

Between Amazon and Facebook [ie, online shopping and social media], there's less of an imperative to go somewhere for either socialization or consumerism.

And things are moving fast, too. 15 years ago, St. Louis Mills was brand new. 2-3 years ago, I went there during the holidays and it was packed. It's been closed [or nearly so] for over a year, and part of it is soon to be converted to a church facility.

Edit - right at 2 years since it's nearly closed

https://fox2now.com/2016/09/07/haunt...is-mills-mall/

Check out how huge and new and clean, . . and empty

<iframe width="770" height="434" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TY8fQyVFC-s" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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Originally Posted by Simply Red (Post 13669025)

J/K Ptlyon - chill the **** out.

Hey, don't take it out on me cuz our offensive line sucks! :p

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee (Post 13669031)

hmm interesting angle.

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Originally Posted by alpha_omega (Post 13669019)

4 or 5 years ago here as well. King of Prussia Mall.

I don't recall seeing a Spencers Gifts or Hickory Farms.

do you have family up there? Interesting - Pennsylvania has a lot of dead malls - one of the leading states in dead malls, actually.

I ate at a restaurant located in the parking lot of a mall a while back, does that count?

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee (Post 13669031)

It's tough to differentiate personal mall patronization patterns from population-wide patterns. As people age, their daily need for new stuff goes down. So everyone thinking of their own experiences says 'sure, I go less than I used to.'

That is, unless they are hauling kids there, or otherwise going there to get things for an expanding family.

It's tough to argue with the logic, though, that the virtual environment has replaced the mall environment, both as a place to gather for leisure and a place to obtain consumer goods.

Between Amazon and Facebook [ie, online shopping and social media], there's less of an imperative to go somewhere for either socialization or consumerism.

And things are moving fast, too. 10 years ago, St. Louis Mills was brand new. 2-3 years ago, I went there during the holidays and it was packed. It's been closed [or nearly so] for over a year, and part of it is soon to be converted to a church facility.

Agreed. Went alot as a newly married adult (got crap to buy), then tapered off alot when the kids were young, and now go there more as the kids tastes have morphed into something where they want stuff at malls. I've gone more in the last 1-2 years than I had in the 5 or more before that.

And to answer the OP question -- like 2 weeks ago.