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crazycatlady

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53. For teens it is a little different

Tue Mar 5, 2019, 09:30 AM

Mar 2019

At least when I was growing up, it was a place to be with friends away from eavesdropping adults. The mall was a place to spend hours and just be a teen without your mom asking you (when your friends are over) why the dishwasher is not loaded. It was the first taste of freedom.

When I first got my driver's license, the mall was one of the first trips I made.

When the movie "Clueless" (1995) came out, I was the same age as the characters there. Cher (Alicia Silverstone) referred to the mall as a 'place where you could find sanctuary in a world full of chaos.' The mall WAS the teen hangout for Gen X and Millennial teens.

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The Retail Apocalypse (major stores closing) [View all] Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 OP

My favorite store Sur la Table just closed in our neighborhood. defacto7 Mar 2019 #1

i can see signs of struggle in several several shopping malls i visited recently Demovictory9 Mar 2019 #26

Replacement with mom and pop stores is ok but that's not happening here. defacto7 Mar 2019 #70

Any possibility of demolishing all those unneeded shopping malls and building public Aristus Mar 2019 #2

How about we convert them into homeless shelters... Wounded Bear Mar 2019 #7

Why didn't I think of that? Aristus Mar 2019 #9

I knew that... Wounded Bear Mar 2019 #10

Some are being converted to schools. MineralMan Mar 2019 #15

Senior housing is a great idea Ohiogal Mar 2019 #28

Here's one that may happen technotwit Mar 2019 #76

For all the unemployed people who used to work at those locations. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #11

they are oddly designed structures. Demovictory9 Mar 2019 #27

I know this is hardly a homeless shelter, but fierywoman Mar 2019 #77

I don't want to be bdamomma Mar 2019 #80

Our local mall is about to be converted to an "open air" sort of thing. GoCubsGo Mar 2019 #35

Our town tore the roof off of a struggling mall Codeine Mar 2019 #57

Is America great again yet? lpbk2713 Mar 2019 #3

Forgotten by pro capitalist republicans ffr Mar 2019 #4

For the first time this past week I bought 2 things advertised on Facebook Miigwech Mar 2019 #5

I read today that Amazon is going to start opening brick & mortar grocery stores. Not good. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #12

Amazon already owns Whole Foods Zorro Mar 2019 #13

yep. Demovictory9 Mar 2019 #29

They have a bookstore Dorian Gray Mar 2019 #18

Understanding in-person buying habits vs online Blue_Adept Mar 2019 #31

Maybe... Dorian Gray Mar 2019 #82

How about local grocery stores do better? Adrahil Mar 2019 #22

Most "local grocery stores" are part of Codeine Mar 2019 #32

Our local grocery chain has some of the worst stores in town The Genealogist Mar 2019 #37

Kroger? 912gdm Mar 2019 #81

Actually we did have Kroger, in the form of their Dillons division The Genealogist Mar 2019 #83

Groceries will always be largely bought at a brick and mortar stores. democratisphere Mar 2019 #47

Universal Basic Income needed ASAP. sarcasmo Mar 2019 #6

It's an historical inevitability, Codeine Mar 2019 #33

Oh, no...Socialism! LuvNewcastle Mar 2019 #39

It's simply the natural result of tRump policies. Joe941 Mar 2019 #8

Not so sure about that... its been happening for a long time. dsp3000 Mar 2019 #66

Pretty soon retail will boil down to Amazon and delivery companies. Blue_true Mar 2019 #14

People should really stop blaming Amazon... Xolodno Mar 2019 #16

The malls were YUGELY successful, though. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #17

You touched on something which I think is heart to the problem... Xolodno Mar 2019 #19

I was thinking about that recently. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #24

Buying less stuff doesn't solve... Adrahil Mar 2019 #30

Buying stuff just to buy stuff doesn't help either. llmart Mar 2019 #42

Really you think it's people wanting stuff at lower cost is the problem? Farmer-Rick Mar 2019 #55

Nice rant...but you're not telling this economist anything new.... Xolodno Mar 2019 #73

Thanks for the compliment on my rant Farmer-Rick Mar 2019 #75

I recall reading/hearing that mall developments also had huge tax breaks. This helped the c-rational Mar 2019 #20

I'm a teen of the 90s. The mall was my hangout crazycatlady Mar 2019 #21

You and me both...... Xolodno Mar 2019 #23

Because a skate park isn't profitable,and has a large liability. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #25

Just about every suburb here has a skate park. Many of them have two. MrGrieves Mar 2019 #41

But not in a mall. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #43

maybe we do have private skate parks that do very well here MrGrieves Mar 2019 #45

It's like a roller rink, only catering to teen males, and more dangerous. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #46

I am not saying it is or is t going to happen but MrGrieves Mar 2019 #48

I know. But doing something that could COST you money is worse than doing nothing. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #50

Yeah it could never work... MrGrieves Mar 2019 #67

Here you go. I rest my case...they are not profitable. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #72

it isn't about them making a profit MrGrieves Mar 2019 #79

For me, that's an opportunity. Xolodno Mar 2019 #74

Skateparks are difficult to insure Codeine Mar 2019 #34

Not really. MrGrieves Mar 2019 #40

Most of those are city projects around here. Codeine Mar 2019 #61

Shopping used to be a major pastime, like sports. LuvNewcastle Mar 2019 #49

For teens it is a little different crazycatlady Mar 2019 #53

I think the teen mall experience is virtual these days. Codeine Mar 2019 #56

It was more of an experience for me crazycatlady Mar 2019 #60

We have a hugely popular outdoor "mall" near us Roland99 Mar 2019 #62

the difference is climate control crazycatlady Mar 2019 #65

I expect the climate control was part of the problem.. EX500rider Mar 2019 #78

To some extent, they only have themselves to blame. GoCubsGo Mar 2019 #36

It's not the stores' fault, really. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #44

Retail is outdated. Some boutique shops may survive, or even thrive, but online shopping reigns. PTWB Mar 2019 #38

Even as I lament it I recognize Codeine Mar 2019 #58

I wouldn't be surprised pressbox69 Mar 2019 #51

its the new era. Horse and buggy industry suffered same fate when cars came about beachbum bob Mar 2019 #52

I shop almost exclusively online cagefreesoylentgreen Mar 2019 #54

People always complain about IKEA Codeine Mar 2019 #59

This! We call it Disney World for Home Stuff obamanut2012 Mar 2019 #69

Sure, they complain cagefreesoylentgreen Mar 2019 #71

I was just going to post IKEA is the one store I always drive to obamanut2012 Mar 2019 #68

A good article MrGrieves Mar 2019 #63

Another good article MrGrieves Mar 2019 #64