Going to the Mall

[JuanHamm]

When I was a teen my friends and I used to go to the mall all the time, but online shopping and more stores opening locally put a stop to that.

This Christmas I was struggling with a few gifts so I went back to the mall for the first time in probably 15 years and it was pretty busy.

Is that a post-covid thing? Did some people never stop going? Is it a rejection of the impersonal nature of online shopping?

Discuss.

[dad]

I went with friends when I was a teen as well. If I ever go now, it's usually for a Christmas gift that I've already shopped around and can pick it up there quickly.

I cannot be there for more than 10-15 minutes because it gets my anxiety up, and I start to get easily annoyed at being around people.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

It’s due to excessive breeding.

[epilogue]

[doug rr]

I stopped going to the mall in 2001 or so..the local tower records inside closed shop as did the all you can eat sushi spot that I used to hit up for occasional lunches...and I had a fear of dying in a mass shooting inside a yankee candle store

[Chris_H_2]

I stopped going to the mall in 2001 or so..the local tower records inside closed shop as did the all you can eat sushi spot that I used to hit up for occasional lunches...and I had a fear of dying in a mass shooting inside a yankee candle store

At least you’d go out smelling like a potpourri of apple pumpkin, clean cotton, and soft wool & amber.

[BurtReynolds]

I stopped going once they closed down the arcades.

[spike]

Even the nicest malls are a little scuzzy.

[Chris_H_2]

Does Spencer’s still exist?

[doug rr]

Does Spencer’s still exist?

I once bought a can of fart scented spray there for a friend in high school..we spent a lot of time in that store in the 70s and 80s..my brother bought a mood ring there and I think a pet rock

[VinylGuy]

I remember when they opened the first huge mall near my town, it was this big huge deal. My mom took me like ¨this is the big get out¨ almost like it was a vacation.

That place is still open and its full of people mostly. I still go from time to time, and i also go to one in the center of Bs As. I would say that mosts mall here are still crowded.

I do remember going to one in Austin Texas were it seemed everyone was fucking dead or something. It had this eerie feeling to it, which i loved.


Also i loved that documentary about that dying mall in the US, anyone saw it?

[spike]

Get there early, before the kids show up.

[VinylGuy]

it doesnt work, havent you finish that episode?

[Monkey_Driven]

I miss the smell of malls. That mixture of pretzels, cinnamon rolls, and candles is very nostalgic.

[BurtReynolds]

The ones I've been to recently have the stench of death about them, but they still get busy around the holidays.

[Jorge]

I like malls. The outdoors ones also, do those count? Like The Grove in LA?

[Ello Sailor]

Get there early, before the kids show up.

[spike]

I like malls. The outdoors ones also, do those count? Like The Grove in LA?

They have these in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois now. Makes no sense.

[Monkey_Driven]

I like malls. The outdoors ones also, do those count? Like The Grove in LA?

They have these in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois now. Makes no sense.

It's worse than a strip mall in the winters.

[spike]

I like malls. The outdoors ones also, do those count? Like The Grove in LA?

They have these in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois now. Makes no sense.

It's worse than a strip mall in the winters.

Wind tunnels at every turn.