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HughBeaumont

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2. No surprise that a lot of these are in Ohio.

Fri Apr 4, 2014, 09:15 PM

Apr 2014

When you give no opportunity to a state's inhabitants (whether through plant closings, jobs being offshored, corporate shenanigans, youth flight, compromised government, etc) and take away their ability to consume . . . well, demand dries up . . .

Outdoor malls, however, are thriving here . . . in freezing NE Ohio. Go figure that out.

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The day after the zombie invasion... Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #1

#WalkerVoters. Nt postulater Apr 2014 #4

DUzy !!! nt longship Apr 2014 #13

No surprise that a lot of these are in Ohio. HughBeaumont Apr 2014 #2

+1 a whole bunch! Enthusiast Apr 2014 #14

The killing of America. nt Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #3

I didn't see the other post but I can think of a few causes tularetom Apr 2014 #5

"Let's all have another Orange Julius ... 1000words Apr 2014 #6

A Cross Between Soylent Green, And Day After Tomorrow... WillyT Apr 2014 #7

Meh, I always hated the mall anyway. X_Digger Apr 2014 #8

I wonder who paid to have all those built, JoeyT Apr 2014 #9

Good riddance to bad retail jberryhill Apr 2014 #10

Ugh. Too much HDR. progressoid Apr 2014 #11

The occupy camps would have been more comfortable in theses places. eom Blanks Apr 2014 #12

Thank goodness. The mall ruined American cities... Drunken Irishman Apr 2014 #15