when did malls basically fade off into obscurity?

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Amazon/online shopping gets my money. My weight generally doesn't fluctuate, and I tend to buy from the same places, so I know how things will fit me, clothes-wise. In the off chance that the fit is weird, most places I shop will offer free returns.

I'm not the biggest fan of shopping anyway, so malls just aren't appealing to me. Add in the crowds and it ain't for me.
 

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whenever i go to malls now to either go shoppin' at jc pennys or macy's, the malls are basically vacant space
i remember the days of when they use to be packed but now they seem irrelevant as hell with all the orderin' online that people do
it's been some time but when did malls fall off though?
Most got hit hard in the late 2000's real estate bubble burst. All the smaller chain stores left. Anchor stores and popular smaller stores were holding things down. Mall owners lowered their rent and now you've got Ala-Kazaam jewelry kiosk, sports collectors shirts n' stuff, hood rat clothing n' accessories, vape stuff, body piercing stuff, stuff moved into full-sized stores.
 

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whenever i go to malls now to either go shoppin' at jc pennys or macy's, the malls are basically vacant space :wow:

i remember the days of when they use to be packed but now they seem irrelevant as hell with all the orderin' online that people do

it's been some time but when did malls fall off though? :patrice:
:patrice: where you live at? i was at jersey gardens mall saturday it took me 15 minutes to find parking:patrice:
 
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:patrice: where you live at? i was at jersey gardens mall saturday it took me 15 minutes to find parking:patrice:

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Most got hit hard in the late 2000's real estate bubble burst. All the smaller chain stores left. Anchor stores and popular smaller stores were holding things down. Mall owners lowered their rent and now you've got Ala-Kazaam jewelry kiosk, sports collectors shirts n' stuff, hood rat clothing n' accessories, vape stuff, body piercing stuff, stuff moved into full-sized stores.

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both of them faced down and tapping away on their phones..pathetic..


This is so true.
When me and my ol' lady are walking around campus, it's like walking amongst zombies.
In elevators. On sidewalks. In the cafeteria.
Facefirst in their cell phones, half the time pretending to be occupied so as to avoid any potential human interaction.
I'm not necessarily a social butterfly and can be aloof myself at times, but this shyt being the norm now in comparison to a few years back is wild.
 

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Video games/Computers/Smart Phones/etc. There is no need for them to go there to interact with their peers anymore.

This is also why you don't see kids playing outside during the summer and why most media-friendly hip-hop sucks.

American culture has become asocial.​

Yep, we losing our humanity.
 

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I don't know what you're talking about for the most part OP. But the richer the area, the more crowded the mall/outdoor shopping center is.

I work at one in a suburb northeast of Sac shyt stays live for the most part. Then again, it's in arguably the wealthiest area in CA.The milfs , pawgs and beckys :ohlawd::whew:

There's another smaller shopping mall across town that's nearly a ghost town but the Wal Mart across the street stays packed :wow:

That same mall is going to have a WinCo supermarket as a tenant soon so business will pick up :ooh:
 
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