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Now with amazon you can get practically anything you want shipped to your door and the only thing that's slightly hard to buy on it is clothing I can't imagine malls will stick around much longer seeing as they're just giant lots taking up space that could be used for something else. Seriously what does your average mall sell now besides clothing, glasses, and jewelry with an overpriced food court?
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It's because I'm gay.
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Aug 11, 2017 19:12
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Shoes, movie theater and the food court are the only things that draw me in. Maybe a hat occasionally? 
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Aug 11, 2017 19:13
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sometimes people like to go outside to do things instead of sitting in their house on the computer all day
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Aug 11, 2017 19:14
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Malls are great for when you want to make one errand last two hours so you can get away from your lovely family and also get an overpriced beer at a Ruby Tuesdays to make heading back home bearable.
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ColoradoCleric posted:Now with amazon you can get practically anything you want shipped to your door and the only thing that's slightly hard to buy on it is clothing I can't imagine malls will stick around much longer seeing as they're just giant lots taking up space that could be used for something else. They're dying and basically exactly what you describe, except sometimes with a symbiotic Dicks Sporting Goods and Sears/JC Penny glommed onto them like a diseased tumor.
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Aug 11, 2017 19:15
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the mall closest to me doesn't even have a food court any more. there were too many fights so they decided to shut it all down.
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Big Beef City posted:It's because I'm gay. Keep it up then, if the malls suddenly collapse the economy will suffer.
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Aug 11, 2017 19:17
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I think at this point the only people still going to malls are people making copycat Dan Bell type videos, holding up their phones in front of them while narrating in hushed tones how creepy all the despair looks like
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Aug 11, 2017 19:18
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Malls are great for when you want to make one errand last two hours so you can get away from your lovely family and also get an overpriced beer at a Ruby Tuesdays to make heading back home bearable. I know when I want go shopping the first thing I want to do is walk around for a half hour.
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Aug 11, 2017 19:19
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Malls are still alive because the good people at Simon properties still believe in these iconic pieces of Americana.
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:the mall closest to me doesn't even have a food court any more. there were too many fights so they decided to shut it all down. yeah they are turning into good places to get stabbed, which definitely isn't helping my desire to do any shopping at the local deadmall5
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Aug 11, 2017 19:19
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I watched mallrats for the first time in several years a while back and was like, goddamn, I remember malls being a thing
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Aug 11, 2017 19:20
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Depends on the mall you're talking about. Anchor stores are the main draw and many of those have been dying a slow death. If the satellite stores aren't any good, that mall's done for. Anything else that sets up and survives probably does so because it's part of an already-successful chain. Simon-owned malls seem to be pretty successful. You also can't forget that some malls are literally tourist attractions. I actually ended up staying in a hotel attached to the Houston Galleria, which blew my kid mind at the time to understand that you could literally walk out of your hotel and into a giant mall. There's a mall about 5 minutes drive north of me that's apparently the 10th largest in the US, clocking in at 2,383,906 square feet. Every time I go it seems like a big chunk of the foot traffic is coming from cruise ship tourists.
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Aug 11, 2017 19:21
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Malls have cinnabons
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Pac-Manioc Root posted:yeah they are turning into good places to get stabbed, which definitely isn't helping my desire to do any shopping at the local deadmall5 The mall in Waterbury, CT has signs up about how to not get robbed.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:The mall in Waterbury, CT has signs up about how to not get robbed. Lol
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Aug 11, 2017 19:22
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Yeah but if Dillards and Macys goes then why am I not just shopping for clothes at one of those botiques or department store?
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Aug 11, 2017 19:22
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I just make sure I drive around for 25 minutes looking for the closest possible parking spot. That way I dont have to walk very far outside so I can maximize my indoor walking time.
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Aug 11, 2017 19:22
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A guy produces a fascinating series on YouTube called "Dead Mall Series," I highly recommend it. For some reason I can't link to the playlist so here's one to get you started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lVRgUOV-Xo One of my favorites is the guy visiting a closing K-Mart a few times over several weeks, showing it in different stages of decay. He even breaks in when it's empty. Eerie stuff. He also shows a mall that has actually survived and is (somewhat) thriving. They have rented out some of the stores as office space, and old folks use it to power-walk. Some of the stores have been preserved, it's like a living time capsule.
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Aug 11, 2017 19:24
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Thinkgeek is way better than Spencers.
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Aug 11, 2017 19:26
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when there is nowhere left to shop people will have no reason to leave the house anymore
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Aug 11, 2017 19:27
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There is a mall near where I live that they converted into a school.
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Aug 11, 2017 19:31
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malls might give big box stores more staying power if they huddle together for warmth and mall rent goes down but the little shops cant survive against amazon and the rent
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Aug 11, 2017 19:32
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i bet it would be pretty cool to live like some kind of scavenger hobo in a dead mall. of course all the malls where I live are living malls. some people get all the luck
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Aug 11, 2017 19:33
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Where else will my gf will find a torrid?
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Dr Cox MD posted:A guy produces a fascinating series on YouTube called "Dead Mall Series," I highly recommend it. For some reason I can't link to the playlist so here's one to get you started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lVRgUOV-Xo yeah we know but for those that dont put the dead mall playlist on light one up and turn up the vaporwave dogg
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Aug 11, 2017 19:49
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Cinnamon almonds
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Baby boomers
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ColoradoCleric posted:Seriously what does your average mall sell now besides clothing, glasses, and jewelry with an overpriced food court? imo the future of many of these places is a return to the "personal service" style of shopping that died out when the megastores became popular. I went to a clothing store in the mall a few weeks ago for some work clothes and the dude was super helpful, took my measurements, suggested stuff in the styles I was looking for, etc. Made the whole experience pleasant in a way that shopping online can't really and I'm more inclined to go back versus shopping online. Same for any stores. When I go to Home Depot or Ace Hardware I expect people there to be knowledgeable and be able to help me out. I went into an Ace Hardware and said "well I'm not sure exactly what I'll need but this is what I'm trying to do" and they suggested various ways to do it and gave their opinion on the best way based on what I was telling them about my personal issue. Can't reaaally do that online without going through forums/whatever first and who knows what Grover might answer you. If the Home Depot dude doesn't know poo poo well then why am I not just ordering online? If stores get knowledgeable sales people again that aren't minimum wage workers just trying to quick sell you a warranty before they go back to fiddling on their phones they might be okay. COMRADES fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Aug 11, 2017 |
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Aug 11, 2017 20:06
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The only time I've been to a mall in the last ten years was to buy drugs in the parking lot
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COMRADES posted:imo the future of many of these places is a return to the "personal service" style of shopping that died out when the megastores became popular. I went to a clothing store in the mall a few weeks ago for some work clothes and the dude was super helpful, took my measurements, suggested stuff in the styles I was looking for, etc. Made the whole experience pleasant in a way that shopping online can't really and I'm more inclined to go back versus shopping online. That's what Circuit City used to be like before they fired all their commissioned salespeople and replaced them with retail drones. They died pretty fast after that, because at that point, why not order online?
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Dr Cox MD posted:A guy produces a fascinating series on YouTube called "Dead Mall Series," I highly recommend it. For some reason I can't link to the playlist so here's one to get you started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lVRgUOV-Xo jesus christ we got a genius
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Pac-Manioc Root posted:They're dying and basically exactly what you describe, except sometimes with a symbiotic Dicks Sporting Goods and Sears/JC Penny glommed onto them like a diseased tumor. It makes sense these companies are dying at the same time then. Ohh well malls were all just a money laundering tax shelter scheme for the mob anyway.
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Also obligatory: MILLENNIALS ARE KILLING MALLS
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COMRADES posted:If stores get knowledgeable sales people again that aren't minimum wage workers just trying to quick sell you a warranty before they go back to fiddling on their phones they might be okay. lol if you think this will ever happen
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teenagers hanging out in them drinking barq's root beer floats and listening to the latest Duran Duran hits
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Dr Cox MD posted:A guy produces a fascinating series on YouTube called "Dead Mall Series," I highly recommend it. For some reason I can't link to the playlist so here's one to get you started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lVRgUOV-Xo
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the mall near me still has an arcade with the same street fighter II cabinet it had when I was a kid and it was new it's really depressing but also kind of awesome
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lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6yA7r6WfJo
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