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Comparing Malls from Manila to Alabama and Minnesota

Posted on 1/29/23 at 12:02 pm
Posted by Tigerhalen
Member since May 2020
980 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 12:02 pm
Mall of Asia: LINK

Venice Grand Canal Mall
LINK

Galleria in Alabama:
LINK

Mall of America in Minnesota:
LINK

Manilla- vibrant, lots of stores, lots of customers, and first world innovation and architecture.

Galleria and Mall of America- not many customers walking around and closed stores. Murders, gang-member customers, and tossing children over upper level rails will destroy any business.

We’re becoming a third world country now, which is why we can’t have nice things anymore.

Before anyone brings up The Summit in Birmingham as a counterargument to the Galleria, The Summit had a smash-and-grab a few weeks ago at the Apple Store.
This post was edited on 1/29/23 at 7:37 pm
Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
17937 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 12:12 pm to
Metro Manila has a population over twice the size of Minnesota and Alabama combined.
Posted by Tigerhalen
Member since May 2020
980 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 12:16 pm to
Yet they are safer at their malls.
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6--Brazos River Backwater
Member since Sep 2015
26187 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 12:23 pm to
Not at all surprising that the malls in Metro Manila and Taguig City in the Philippines are vibrant and fashionable, and malls in major cities across the US are decrepit.

Social life in the Philippines is basically about 40 years behind the Western world; they're enjoying what we had in the 1980's here.

Malls are meaningless today in the US as they're dangerous crime hotbeds, and furthermore it's much safer and easier to shop online nowadays.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
260689 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 12:24 pm to
American society needs a reset, badly.

Posted by themunch
Earth. maybe
Member since Jan 2007
64666 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 12:31 pm to
Modern malls in America seem to be uninviting for the most part. Architecturally and aesthetically as well as usefulness of space, they seem to be cold.
Posted by Jack Carter
Member since Sep 2018
10403 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 12:33 pm to
Manila is a major hub.
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
33971 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 12:39 pm to
Malls are real estate time bombs. You get about 30 years and most go to shite. Obviously there are exceptions like Tyson's Corner. Throw in that the dregs of our society tend to use these places as baby sitters and the money runs away
Posted by Toomer Deplorable
Team Bitter Clinger
Member since May 2020
17738 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 12:50 pm to
The Galleria Belk had a smash & grab of designer handbags valued at tens of thousands of dollars just this very week.
This post was edited on 1/29/23 at 12:56 pm
Posted by texas tortilla
houston
Member since Dec 2015
1834 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 12:51 pm to
dove on ih 10 in baytown, texas the other day. i noticed that they had tworn down the san jacinto mall completely.
Posted by Toomer Deplorable
Team Bitter Clinger
Member since May 2020
17738 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 12:54 pm to
quote:

Social life in the Philippines is basically about 40 years behind the Western world; they're enjoying what we had in the 1980's here.


You mean you can actually go shopping in the Philippines without worrying about being car-jacked or hit by a stray bullet in gang-related shootout? What a bunch of backwards rubes.
Posted by Jimbeaux
Member since Sep 2003
20118 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 1:01 pm to
How are malls doing in mid-sized American cities and suburbs with low crime?
It seems like Lakeside Mall in Metairie continues to be busy, and it’s been around for 50 years or so.

It’s an honest question. I don’t want to be the contrarian in this “America is a dump” dog pile.
Posted by keks tadpole
Yellow Leaf Creek
Member since Feb 2017
7580 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 1:04 pm to
Do regional destination theme parks next.
Posted by Jimbeaux
Member since Sep 2003
20118 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 1:09 pm to
Here’s some thought about possible ingredients that make malls successful in today’s internet world.

1) A sizable middle class population in the area that far outnumbers the lower and upper classes.

2) Low crime. Active policing with community support and a a good criminal justice system.

3) A well kept and frequently updated mall with good anchor stores along with a good mix of decent small shops.

4) A lack of competition from too many malls and shopping outlets.

5) Ease of access and proximity to the shopping population.

My guess is that until technology makes another advance, there will still be a demand, even though it’s a smaller demand, for brick and mortar shopping centers.
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
13905 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 1:17 pm to
quote:

Manilla- vibrant, lots of stores, lots of customers, and first world innovation and architecture.
that’s where they make all those folders, too.
Posted by mulletproof
Shambala
Member since Apr 2013
4672 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 1:19 pm to
Haven't been to The Gonnorhea since 2014. Only went then because the kids had gift cards from Christmas. My head was on a fricking swivel.
Posted by Tigerhalen
Member since May 2020
980 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 1:20 pm to
quote:

o regional destination theme parks next.


Well, fights aren’t good for business.

LINK
Posted by MrLSU
Yellowstone, Val d'isere
Member since Jan 2004
25992 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 1:30 pm to
The Brickell City Centre in Miami is pretty upscale and nice.
Posted by BengalOnTheBay
Member since Aug 2022
3855 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 1:37 pm to
Having a Filipina wife and spending a few weeks over there almost every year, I can say that there are many things about the Philippines, in general, that are far worse and far better than the US. All in all, I'd live there rather than here if I could.

All in all , though, Kuala Lumpur would be one of my preferred places in the world to live, if I didn't have to hear the Muslim call to prayer constantly on loudspeakers...
Posted by HonoraryCoonass
Member since Jan 2005
18075 posts
Posted on 1/29/23 at 1:41 pm to
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We’re a third world country now


Come on.
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