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I cry in malls because they never have Cinnabon anymore
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The person who made this video didn't actually film the cool seating spot(s) (or they are not there anymore idk, I haven't been there in 3-4 years) but you can see the general area in this vid at 6mins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kik64H27DSA&t=360s If I remember right the spot I am thinking of is to the right at about 6:30 in this video, where a cut is made (perhaps the video editor cut out the cool seating spot to preserve its secret) But the entire 3rd floor here is like completely empty and dead any time I've gone to this mall so really you can just pick anywhere up there to sit down and enjoy the weird liminal a e s t h e t i c mallfeel
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Apr 18, 2023 21:55
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deep dish peat moss posted:Phoenix mall stuff Born and raised in Tucson and I went to Phoenix for an all expenses paid weekend in 1991 to watch a football game between the Cardinals and Patriots at Sun Devil Stadium. I made it a point for my dad to take me to Metrocenter Mall to see the filming location of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. The skating rink was gone by then (IIRC), but it was great seeing it look almost the same and bustling. I know it’s been closed since 2020 and will be demolished soon, but it looks like they’re gonna show Bill & Ted there one time before demo, which sounds like a nice send-off. Looks like the famous Circle K in Tempe closed just recently, too. drat.
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Apr 18, 2023 22:01
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My local mall seems to be doing ok but it's mostly old people that live here so that's probably why
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Apr 18, 2023 22:05
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I got sad at a mall in Singapore too and it was doing alright. I'm not sure I'm sad just because malls are dying.
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Apr 18, 2023 22:08
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Oh, then you have mallic social memory depression
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Apr 18, 2023 22:20
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I know in my area one mall is dead and basically bulldozed at this point (a company formed just to buy the mall in an attempt to "revive" it before charging everyone still there triple the rent to drive out the few decent businesses there, then shut it down despite rumors of turning it into a glorified old folks home), but the other one still seems to be doing well even despite the pandemic (though it's the south so nobody here really gave a poo poo to begin with).
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Apr 18, 2023 22:22
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Mega64 posted:I know in my area one mall is dead and basically bulldozed at this point (a company formed just to buy the mall in an attempt to "revive" it before charging everyone still there triple the rent to drive out the few decent businesses there, then shut it down despite rumors of turning it into a glorified old folks home), but the other one still seems to be doing well even despite the pandemic (though it's the south so nobody here really gave a poo poo to begin with). I was going to play guess the town but being real there's probably hundreds of choices at this point
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Apr 18, 2023 22:59
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This thread made me look up what became of my childhood mall. According to a depressing walkthrough video on YouTube it limped along changing ownership a few times until the big old department stores like Sears died, then was finally closed for good in 2019. My 80s hangout is now home to a literal Flock of Seagulls which can be heard squawking in the video.
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Apr 18, 2023 23:00
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Cloud help us the Mall is dying
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Apr 18, 2023 23:09
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Walkthrough The group starts outside of a three-story mall, and after entering the mall must deal $50,000 worth of property damage. Windows, cars, and anything that can be knocked around or broken will count towards the property damage score. Once the group goes loud, they must act quickly to cause the proper amount of property damage to trigger the escape via helicopter. The group will then need to defend their position until an escape helicopter can extract them. The helicopter always lands at the back of the mall, the escape area is the walk way in front of the gym. Several stores in this area can offer cover while waiting for the helicopter. Snipers are especially dangerous as risk level rises.
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Apr 18, 2023 23:33
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The only mall near me that is doing well dropped their rents massively about a year into the pandemic. As a result a bunch of weird stores which wouldn't normally even come close to breaking even opened. It was very cool. They've since jacked the rent back up and it's now just a bunch of cellphone stores, a Korean convenience store (which kicks rear end), and a supermarket. I'm sure the place will be dead soon. If the landlords could accept making a bit less money, they'd be able to continue to turn a profit pretty much indefinitely. But instead they've chosen bankruptcy. Oh well.
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Apr 18, 2023 23:49
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For me its that buying stuff and getting stuff bought for me used to make me so happy, but now I realize that life is meaningless and the mall feels a bunch of people distracting themselves before they die.
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Apr 18, 2023 23:56
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the older I get the less I can stand being around people for any length of time so malls hold no appeal even if they're still vibrant and alive. I can barely get through a trip to the grocery store without wanting to hiss at someone.
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Apr 18, 2023 23:58
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Watch true stories
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Apr 19, 2023 00:00
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William Henry Hairytaint posted:the older I get the less I can stand being around people for any length of time so malls hold no appeal even if they're still vibrant and alive. I can barely get through a trip to the grocery store without wanting to hiss at someone. you should try having a wank
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Apr 19, 2023 00:04
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Fighting Elegy posted:For me its that buying stuff and getting stuff bought for me used to make me so happy, but now I realize that life is meaningless and the mall feels a bunch of people distracting themselves before they die. This is a big part of what I'm feeling yeah.
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Apr 19, 2023 00:05
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I went to the mall for the first time in about 10 years last October and honestly I had a fun, nostalgic time.
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Apr 19, 2023 00:13
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Fighting Elegy posted:a bunch of people distracting themselves before they die. Uh yeah that's life, get with the program and distract yourself fool.
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Apr 19, 2023 00:18
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Fighting Elegy posted:For me its that buying stuff and getting stuff bought for me used to make me so happy, but now I realize that life is meaningless and the mall feels a bunch of people distracting themselves before they die. Yeah
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Apr 19, 2023 00:22
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Are you dying Applewhite?
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Apr 19, 2023 00:30
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Hardawn posted:Are you dying Applewhite? As soon as you're born, you're dying *Sick bass guitar playing*
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Apr 19, 2023 00:37
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I never went to malls as a kid since there were none near where I lived and have no feelings about them today other than maybe they are some place I might need to go to buy something. 
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Apr 19, 2023 01:03
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the Palmer Park mall is the mall I have my childhood mall memories about and it still seems to be limping along, which is somehow a bit of a relief.
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Apr 19, 2023 01:14
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DeadFatDuckFat posted:Kramer: "As soon as you're born, you're dying, Jerry"
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Apr 19, 2023 01:21
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The mall
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Apr 19, 2023 01:27
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The maw.
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Apr 19, 2023 01:31
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Grandma is coming from to take us to service merchandise and Im going to get a new st. louis blues jersey bitch! That's not sad. How could you be sad??
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Apr 19, 2023 01:36
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You can meet me at the mall, it's going down
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Apr 19, 2023 01:36
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It's your memories of being unable to hang with the cool kids.
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Apr 19, 2023 02:04
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OP walks around at the mall with his headphones on listening to Thank You by Dido.
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Apr 19, 2023 02:10
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:OP walks around at the mall with his headphones on listening to Thank You by Dido. too far calm down
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Apr 19, 2023 02:20
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:Because modern malls suck Mega rear end. No arcades, no good game stores anymore, they're way more expensive, all the niche stores have been replaced by generic crap, and you're lucky if they still have the reams of plants they used to.
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Apr 19, 2023 02:23
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Mustang posted:The US needs more public markets with local vendors. 
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Apr 19, 2023 02:41
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deep dish peat moss posted:The Scottsdale mall is a good place to find yourself if you're too high to function or on psychedelics or something, because if you go up to the 3rd floor there's an entire corner of the mall that has no stores, and the only thing up there is a bunch of couches and seats that no one knows about so no one is ever there, and the entire roof above them is skylights. It's far enough away from the rest of the mall that it's quiet and you can hear the subtle smooth jazz playing over the mall's PA that gets drowned out anywhere else. So you just get to recline on these big posh couches and stare at the sky in a pristine clean environment that looks like an uncanny liminal slice of paradise it's pretty neat. But that mall is really really awful other than that and other than the art gallery that does cool traveling art installation exhibits (which is coincidentally just below the sky-couch zone) 
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Apr 19, 2023 02:41
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deep dish peat moss posted:The closest mall to me is Fiesta Mall in Mesa Az which was abandoned about 5 years ago. Fiesta Mall no! I grew up in the Mesa area, had my first orange Julius here. Lost my innocence browsing R rated birthday cards in Spencer’s. I think I even got my first haircut there. I remember that being scary 
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Apr 19, 2023 02:45
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Malls are alive and thriving here in communist China.
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Apr 19, 2023 02:51
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kntfkr posted:Malls are alive and thriving here in communist China. It's like when Paul Wall said "screenname chynadoll"
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Apr 19, 2023 02:53
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Nuts and Gum posted:Fiesta Mall no! I grew up in the Mesa area, had my first orange Julius here. Lost my innocence browsing R rated birthday cards in Spencer’s. I think I even got my first haircut there. I remember that being scary Pretty brave getting your hair cut at Spencer’s
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I went to a mall in Vienna, West Virginia in early December last year. It was like walking onto a mall in 1995 or something, it was so packed and busy. I have to imagine the internet just never made it to that part of the state and they're thriving.
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