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Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:17 am to Earnest_P
Ghetto Trash ruined malls & movie theaters in small communities.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:18 am to CocomoLSU
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The internet is replacing them, and to a lot of people that is better. But people are also more socially connected 24/7 now, so the idea that people used to love going to a singular place where everyone sort of went to shop and hang out is foreign to them.
The loss of the “third place”
I have the sads.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:23 am to El Segundo Guy
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El Segundo Guy
Hey do you live in the middle of nowhere?
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:23 am to notiger1997
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Lakeside mall in Metairie does very well
This mall and Northpark and the Galleria in Dallas (and Houston) are always busy as hell.
Lakeside is packed on weekdays.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:24 am to HeadedToTheWoods
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Kid-traffic or actual sales busy?
The first seems to be the dominant. No one makes a nickel with that one.
Appears to be sales busy.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:28 am to Earnest_P
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Malls were fun. There is no denying that the social class who now says bad things about the mall used to enjoy going there.
I used to enjoy walking around Katy Mills. But the usual trash fricks have found it now and are doing what they always do. Wherever they go, decay follows. We can’t have nice things.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:30 am to Earnest_P
Malls were fun but they also meant chain stores replacing locally owned shops in bustling downtown shopping areas that were also fun, before malls emptied them out.
Online + shipping replacing malls is really just the completion of that market logic.
Online + shipping replacing malls is really just the completion of that market logic.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:32 am to IAmNERD
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If they were crowded, they wouldn't be dying.
Spending money, and lounging around the food court are very different things.
We went to Lakeside this weekend for bunny pictures, and it was pretty crowded.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:33 am to Earnest_P
I just think it's nostalgia and it's never coming back in a big way for obvious and largely unshakable reasons-
1. They're not terribly convenient for how most people shop now.
2. Hoodrat stuff
3. I think they're impacted by an increasingly upscale mindset even among the middle class in America. Malls, at the number they existed in the 80s/90s, need a bunch of accessible retail and a lot of that is looked down upon even by the people in their target demo (or at least viewed as cheesy). That wasn't the case when I was a kid. I'm not Jeff Bezos over here, but unless the anchor is a Nordstrom or better I just assume there isn't going to be anything very useful to me, and I bet that's true for a lot of people here. I don't need a Wilson Leather, pretzel place, foot locker or Claires.
4. The stores many of us may have more use for - say a Peter Millar, Vuori, Lulu or Sur La Table or whatever, prefer the city center or outdoor "mall" concept or are selective about established indoor malls they want to be in.
1. They're not terribly convenient for how most people shop now.
2. Hoodrat stuff
3. I think they're impacted by an increasingly upscale mindset even among the middle class in America. Malls, at the number they existed in the 80s/90s, need a bunch of accessible retail and a lot of that is looked down upon even by the people in their target demo (or at least viewed as cheesy). That wasn't the case when I was a kid. I'm not Jeff Bezos over here, but unless the anchor is a Nordstrom or better I just assume there isn't going to be anything very useful to me, and I bet that's true for a lot of people here. I don't need a Wilson Leather, pretzel place, foot locker or Claires.
4. The stores many of us may have more use for - say a Peter Millar, Vuori, Lulu or Sur La Table or whatever, prefer the city center or outdoor "mall" concept or are selective about established indoor malls they want to be in.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:37 am to Earnest_P
I was by this mall 2 weeks ago and it is currently being torn down. Couldn’t believe all of the rubble.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:38 am to Earnest_P
In the 80's, the Mall was a social gathering place. Kids from all the schools went there, with the movie theater, food court, arcade, etc.
Now, even the Chic-fil-A is leaving the Acadiana Mall in Lafayette, and they do great business, so it must be a rent thing. One of the last OG Mall places and they want out.
Funny, I remember the real estate people at the time the Mall was built, talking about how no one wanted to lease the peripheral areas on the outskirts of the Mall. Now, all of those places are still prospering while the Mall slowly dies.
Now, even the Chic-fil-A is leaving the Acadiana Mall in Lafayette, and they do great business, so it must be a rent thing. One of the last OG Mall places and they want out.
Funny, I remember the real estate people at the time the Mall was built, talking about how no one wanted to lease the peripheral areas on the outskirts of the Mall. Now, all of those places are still prospering while the Mall slowly dies.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:40 am to Earnest_P
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:42 am to Earnest_P
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And when I see pictures of them now, like in the Instagram link below, I realize that they are going away but nothing better is replacing them. It still looks like it would be a great place to go.
Come to San Antonio.
The malls here are doing just fine.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:43 am to Earnest_P
My kids love going to the mall but it’s a pretty nice area with solid patronage. I think in certain areas malls still thrive depending on clientele.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:48 am to St Augustine
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My kids love going to the mall but it’s a pretty nice area with solid patronage. I think in certain areas malls still thrive depending on clientele.
This thread has been enlightening for me. I thought they were dying all over the country.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:48 am to Earnest_P
Especially in areas where it’s often hot or rainy. I love Malls, sometimes for nostalgia and sometimes because they’re practical for a nice shopping outing.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:49 am to St Augustine
I went to the mall and a water park near Salt Lake City last summer. They reminded me of both in the 80's. They were clean and busy. I can't put my finger on why, though.
This post was edited on 4/22/25 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:49 am to Earnest_P
What I like about malls and brick & mortar stores is that I can actually try on the clothes, esp shoes and handle and inspect the items.
They were handy for dating - eat/shop/see a movie all in one location.
Plus I can kill time in them esp during inclement weather.
And connecting socially over the internet really isn't connecting IMO.
Opinions may vary
They were handy for dating - eat/shop/see a movie all in one location.
Plus I can kill time in them esp during inclement weather.
And connecting socially over the internet really isn't connecting IMO.
Opinions may vary
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:50 am to Shexter
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Tanger was built because people didn't want to deal with the crowds at Mall of LA.
Tanger open a few years before Mall of LA.
Mall of LA opened because the shoppers the mall wanted were either building new homes in south Baton Rouge or Prairieville, while the area around Cortana was going downhill fast.
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