I can't imagine that concept ever being successful (Reply #11)

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sufrommich (22,871 posts)

11. I can't imagine that concept ever being successful

in northern climes,especially with winters like this one.

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193 replies	Author	Time	Post
The Mall Is Dead, And It's Taking Sbarro With It [View all]	edhopper	Mar 2014	OP
The traditional mall is a dying breed.	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#1
What is a lifestyle center?	BainsBane	Mar 2014	#3
This...	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#6
I can't imagine that concept ever being successful	sufrommich	Mar 2014	#11
You know it's crazy but it is!	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#13
How do those stores do compared to inclosed malls	sufrommich	Mar 2014	#22
Financially they still do well.	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#26
It's my personal experience that when I go to those	SheilaT	Mar 2014	#50
That's what I do, as well	Stargazer09	Mar 2014	#52
I do not browse stores.	AlbertCat	Mar 2014	#72
That's why I don't mind them. However, I am not their target customer...	Phentex	Mar 2014	#115
I like that...	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#127
I used to like malls, found them very convenient	SheilaT	Mar 2014	#140
Mall of America-only for Nordstrom	Lifelong Protester	Mar 2014	#181
Interesting. I went to Target and Best Buy	SheilaT	Mar 2014	#185
I think you and I are similar . . . and anomalous!	hatrack	Mar 2014	#188
Mashpee Commons...	MADem	Mar 2014	#87
Its a good example...	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#99
It is--thanks! nt	MADem	Mar 2014	#107
I need to check out Derby St. At some point.	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#108
The Wrentham outlet malls is like this. And it booms during all seasons.	boston bean	Mar 2014	#53
It already is... except they call them outdoor malls, not "lifestyle centers."	ScreamingMeemie	Mar 2014	#93
There's one in Estero, Fl. between Fort Myers and Naples that has condos available.	A HERETIC I AM	Mar 2014	#191
Santana Row in San Jose	KamaAina	Mar 2014	#193
Interesting. Marketplaces have evolved over thousands of years and will continue >>>	KittyWampus	Mar 2014	#25
The lifestyle centers will all be converted to big casinos.	valerief	Mar 2014	#112
My local So Cal Outlets Centre (no weather problem, place is huge 160+ stores) is always packed...	Tikki	Mar 2014	#122
I cannot stand those places...	awoke_in_2003	Mar 2014	#138
This message was self-deleted by its author	edhopper	Mar 2014	#4
Ahhh lifestyle center...	penultimate	Mar 2014	#57
I think that's more of a developer "chichi" term. Here,it's an outdoor mall.	ScreamingMeemie	Mar 2014	#97
It is a marketing term...but it does indicate there may be more options than shopping.	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#106
That appears to be the standard. It is the same here and at the Mall at Partridge Creek.	ScreamingMeemie	Mar 2014	#114
The thing I'm thinking of is titled town square...	penultimate	Mar 2014	#131
Yup that is one!	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#139
"Traditional"	Android3.14	Mar 2014	#88
It says occasionally people need to buy things...	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#91
I'm thinking I have better things to do on a Sunday	Android3.14	Mar 2014	#120
Having all that space dedicated to nothing but shopping...	gulliver	Mar 2014	#146
I like Sbarro - it's not the suckiest chain-pizza out there...	Cooley Hurd	Mar 2014	#2
The founders of Sbarro are from Naples, Italy--they make an edible product! nt	MADem	Mar 2014	#90
As does their CEO.	AAO	Mar 2014	#126
The concept of The Mall is dying because Fat Americans don't want to walk...	Cooley Hurd	Mar 2014	#5
Wilding flash mobs might also have something to do with it. n/t	Loudly	Mar 2014	#7
That's it! Who wants to go anywhere where people suddenly start dancing?	Cooley Hurd	Mar 2014	#16
Are they doing the tango or the waltz?	FrodosPet	Mar 2014	#95
Hmmm...	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#8
Many malls have been converted back to strip-malls...	Cooley Hurd	Mar 2014	#12
Yes it's called a lifestyle center, but I doubt it has much to do with trans fats.	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#15
I guess overpriced stores selling nothing anyone wanted had nothing to do with it.	hobbit709	Mar 2014	#9
That was a factor, but the malls in the 70's/80's thrived...	Cooley Hurd	Mar 2014	#14
Overpriced crap tends to thrive a lot better	JoeyT	Mar 2014	#58
The decline of the middle class causes the decline of malls and mid-priced restaurants nt	LiberalEsto	Mar 2014	#121
Bingo	marions ghost	Mar 2014	#184
Back then there were REAL stores..	freebrew	Mar 2014	#73
Sears was apparently destroyed when they put a rabid objectivist in charge	DireStrike	Mar 2014	#80
Damn! Thanks for that...	freebrew	Mar 2014	#96
Half of the century-old homes you pass are Sears homes.	Cooley Hurd	Mar 2014	#101
I didn't know that. That's pretty cool.	DireStrike	Mar 2014	#104
I don't know about "half"	PSPS	Mar 2014	#128
Too bad - Craftsman tools were outstanding for decades	hatrack	Mar 2014	#189
There are two different kinds of "outlet" stores	joeglow3	Mar 2014	#86
Most outlet stores are not "last years styles" anymore...	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#103
That is what I said.	joeglow3	Mar 2014	#105
That Did It!	Kilgore	Mar 2014	#160
I guess overpriced stores selling nothing anyone wanted had nothing to do with it.	AlbertCat	Mar 2014	#75
LOL, classy as usual. n-t	Logical	Mar 2014	#182
Read an article earlier this week...	mikeargo	Mar 2014	#10
46 square feet isn't realy that much...	reACTIONary	Mar 2014	#100
I live in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom and close by I have two shockingly good pizza places	cali	Mar 2014	#17
Do you prefer thin crust? Less cheese or more?	KittyWampus	Mar 2014	#21
yep, think crust. also local fresh ingredients	cali	Mar 2014	#27
think crust?	AAO	Mar 2014	#125
If you get to Burlington try BitMe! It is very good!	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#109
I kinda liked malls. but some of the reasons i used to go to kill an afternoon are gone	KG	Mar 2014	#18
I can't remember the last time I've seen a book	sufrommich	Mar 2014	#24
I can't remember the last time I saw a bookstore.	Chan790	Mar 2014	#136
add to that no movie theater. Much of the fun has left the mall. It's now a splayed out shrine to	Ed Suspicious	Mar 2014	#59
That's weird	jmowreader	Mar 2014	#192
I read that when many of the malls in the 80's started out..	nessa	Mar 2014	#19
retail outlets on Long Island are busy. Charter buses come from all over to them. They are huge>>>	KittyWampus	Mar 2014	#20
Malls are dying because the middle class is dying	Yavin4	Mar 2014	#23
Now this is the real reason.	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#28
Nope, malls are dying because I can get pretty much whatever I want on Amazon,	Nye Bevan	Mar 2014	#31
It's funny....	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#33
If you need small electronic components	edhopper	Mar 2014	#35
For me I enjoy the experience of being in a mall.	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#36
I always feel like I'm being watched when I go to a mall...	penultimate	Mar 2014	#64
Now you know you are!	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#65
Best Buy doesn't sell any of that stuff.	alarimer	Mar 2014	#77
You should consider shopping online for environmental reasons.	Nye Bevan	Mar 2014	#39
I drive anyway, so personally for me it is a moot point.	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#46
Amazon uses A LOT of packaging	Hippo_Tron	Mar 2014	#92
I'd love to see them really play on a level field, with tax rates, etc.	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#110
I never on-line shop	bigwillq	Mar 2014	#41
Shopping at the mall is a much different retail experience from online buying.	Yavin4	Mar 2014	#40
I don't see how people can't afford to go to the mall	penultimate	Mar 2014	#62
Which is why the malls aren't dead, but declining	Hippo_Tron	Mar 2014	#94
I never shop	abelenkpe	Mar 2014	#117
Yes, the internet killed malls. And the changing culture of the 90s when the California malls	anneboleyn	Mar 2014	#176
That is both obvious	edhopper	Mar 2014	#32
Yup.	ctsnowman	Mar 2014	#67
Not true at all...	Drunken Irishman	Mar 2014	#144
Malls are dying because they suck	Orrex	Mar 2014	#29
Sbarro's food reeks of canned garlic. I have never actually tasted it....	Walk away	Mar 2014	#30
Could be	edhopper	Mar 2014	#34
Maybe...	Walk away	Mar 2014	#83
Sbarro was the only mall food with a vegetarian choice -	undeterred	Mar 2014	#37
They also had a stuffed spinach pizza.	MoonchildCA	Mar 2014	#129
Some malls will live on, others no	Freddie	Mar 2014	#38
At what point do we	fredamae	Mar 2014	#42
I never took to malls from the time of their inception.	Cleita	Mar 2014	#43
I almost never go to a Mall or hardly any store anymore. As long as people are allowed	Bandit	Mar 2014	#44
I first tried Sbarro at the Times Square location.	xfundy	Mar 2014	#45
If you are in NYC	edhopper	Mar 2014	#47
Good god, this is how the Olive Garden threads started! Flee for your lives!	JHB	Mar 2014	#98
Apologies	edhopper	Mar 2014	#102
In NYC, I always eat Grimaldi's in Brooklyn or any of the locations.	Bluenorthwest	Mar 2014	#68
Try these	TomClash	Mar 2014	#84
Pizza will never die in NYC!	merrily	Mar 2014	#48
Yes	edhopper	Mar 2014	#49
I've had pizza in a chain once in my life.	merrily	Mar 2014	#51
P.S. I don't like upscale pizza, either.	merrily	Mar 2014	#56
I believe they closed in the Village.	edhopper	Mar 2014	#111
Great.	merrily	Mar 2014	#190
In NY some of those restaurants serve a pizza	edhopper	Mar 2014	#113
Then, I'll just have to go to Naples.	merrily	Mar 2014	#187
Memories of John's from my childhood	HockeyMom	Mar 2014	#61
I guess I missed the booth era. I saw only tables.	merrily	Mar 2014	#71
I think so	HockeyMom	Mar 2014	#79
Oh, good.	merrily	Mar 2014	#81
Interesting. I have only found one pizza joint outside the NYC area	Zorra	Mar 2014	#133
Here in Winthrop, Maine,...	MarianJack	Mar 2014	#54
Meh.	Vashta Nerada	Mar 2014	#55
Nothing beats NY Mom and Pop pizza	HockeyMom	Mar 2014	#60
Malls are dying because everything is overpriced crap in them.	JoeyT	Mar 2014	#63
On the main topic, I think what is going on is TV, the internet and video games.	merrily	Mar 2014	#66
What happened to "The Mall" followed what happened to "big box stores" as the town square searched..	MrMickeysMom	Mar 2014	#69
"That’s because most of its stores are in malls"	AlbertCat	Mar 2014	#70
I didn't know that malls were dying	tavalon	Mar 2014	#74
Free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime available here!	Nye Bevan	Mar 2014	#76
We have frequented our local Pizza shop for many years.	rickford66	Mar 2014	#78
I could give you a whole list of reasons of why the malls are dying but I'm on my	mackerel	Mar 2014	#82
They are closing 155 stores....	MADem	Mar 2014	#85
Never went to the mall as a kid but we have plenty of pizza here in Brooklyn.	hrmjustin	Mar 2014	#89
Yes	edhopper	Mar 2014	#118
I went to the mall yesterday - it was fairly crowded.	wercal	Mar 2014	#116
Very true.	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#132
The rent is too damn high!	FarCenter	Mar 2014	#119
The mall died over a decade ago	Blue_Tires	Mar 2014	#123
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Mar 2014	#124
The Suburban Mall Concept killed many downtowns ...	Auggie	Mar 2014	#130
I will not shed a tear if Sbarros goes away	Pretzel_Warrior	Mar 2014	#134
My local mall is always packed. nt	lunamagica	Mar 2014	#135
This makes me want to go to the mall and eat at Sbarro.	MadrasT	Mar 2014	#137
When a big "anchor store" at one end of a mall goes out of business...	hunter	Mar 2014	#141
Thank God! The mall was one of the worst things to happen to America.	Drunken Irishman	Mar 2014	#142
Order online instead?	HockeyMom	Mar 2014	#148
There are other options than the mall...	Drunken Irishman	Mar 2014	#149
Like Outside Strip Malls?	HockeyMom	Mar 2014	#173
Malls are 'dying', for the same reason the economy is so moribund	Trajan	Mar 2014	#143
Malls dying? LOL! SOMEone hasn't been to So. Cal. lately.	cherokeeprogressive	Mar 2014	#145
Rancho Cucamonga...	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#147
The only town around with an all-vegan grocery store	Codeine	Mar 2014	#156
LOL there are numerous references to the place in cartoons from the 40's on.	cherokeeprogressive	Mar 2014	#162
And the Galleria at Tyler is jumping as well.	Codeine	Mar 2014	#155
But as Cat Stevens sang	edhopper	Mar 2014	#150
The Westfield Mall in San Francisco is doing fine.	RandySF	Mar 2014	#151
I'll probably get mocked for saying so	Aerows	Mar 2014	#152
Where do you live	edhopper	Mar 2014	#154
The South	Aerows	Mar 2014	#157
Can't comment on Little Caesar's	edhopper	Mar 2014	#158
I really do like it	Aerows	Mar 2014	#159
Unless you had it from one of the great	edhopper	Mar 2014	#161
To each their own	Aerows	Mar 2014	#163
I'm not saying you are wrong to prefer deep dish.	edhopper	Mar 2014	#166
Suggestions? n/t	Aerows	Mar 2014	#167
All the ones I know	edhopper	Mar 2014	#169
I suppose I should fess up	Aerows	Mar 2014	#170
The friends I have in the South	edhopper	Mar 2014	#171
If you can't find a good restaurant in New Orleans	Aerows	Mar 2014	#172
That is true	edhopper	Mar 2014	#174
I used to eat at Louisiana Pizza Kitchen on Bourbon (French Quarter)	Aerows	Mar 2014	#175
hope you can find a good one	edhopper	Mar 2014	#177
Nothing beats a muffelata	Aerows	Mar 2014	#179
When I was there last	edhopper	Mar 2014	#180
I like it too, guilty pleasure.	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#165
Lol.	Agschmid	Mar 2014	#164
Loved Little Caesars	Freddie	Mar 2014	#186
"the grove" in los angeles is hugely popular	Liberal_in_LA	Mar 2014	#153
I was at a mall recently and everywhere there was a seating area there was a sign	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Mar 2014	#168
The enclosed malls here are good	madville	Mar 2014	#178
My local mall is dying.	GoCubsGo	Mar 2014	#183

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