Online shopping didn’t kill malls, America just built too many they never needed

[Justise M]

How do you know. You aren’t in high school anymore

I have nephews of high school age. And they never go to the mall

 

[LuuqMaan]

I’m concerned that some people still voted on a poll saying ‘Males poppin’

What is happening here?

 

[BrothaZay]

I have nephews of high school age. And they never go to the mall

Where do they live

 

[WaveMolecules]

Queens center mall is always packed.

i dont like buying clothes online.

 

[Bigblackted4]

Way too many malls

 

[AquaCityBoy]

Outdoor shopping centers have become the new malls in a lot of areas. It's more fun and better aesthetically to have an outdoor shopping center to walk around rather than an enclosed mall building (assuming decent weather).

Also, a lot of malls started fading out because they were too far away from a freeway. In most of America, any successful shopping center (or any other big location like a casino or sports arena) needs to be within a block or two of a freeway exit if it wants to survive.

 

[Justise M]

Where do they live

North Carolina

 

[Danie84]

Like all these vacant high-rise/condo eyesores in the crowded city where homelessness is still abundant

 

[Devilinurear]

I have nephews of high school age. And they never go to the mall

They could just be lame?

 

[darealvelle]

Last time I was down that way, it was all Korean over there. Has it changed any?

Yep Koreans took over that whole area of Duluth.

 

[boogers]

Damn you called it. lol. Regency mall is beyond dead.


I live right around the corner from the Avenues mall. I ran in there to get me and my girl some Popeyes from the food court. The mall was packed.

damn, popeyes in a food court? i might actually go to the mall for that. we have like six popeyes here. most of them are deep in the south side. i go to the one in the hood because its closer but the last two times i went, they forgot to put the ghost pepper sauce on my sandwich. its a 20 mile round trip so its not like im gonna go back and get it fixed

there used to be a mall way out on the east side. it closed down ages ago. this picture is 11 years old.. and its only gotten emptier since. theres a big call center operation there that got infested with bed bugs and had to shut down

 

[General Mills]

damn, popeyes in a food court? i might actually go to the mall for that. we have like six popeyes here. most of them are deep in the south side. i go to the one in the hood because its closer but the last two times i went, they forgot to put the ghost pepper sauce on my sandwich. its a 20 mile round trip so its not like im gonna go back and get it fixed

there used to be a mall way out on the east side. it closed down ages ago. this picture is 11 years old.. and its only gotten emptier since. theres a big call center operation there that got infested with bed bugs and had to shut down

Exactly! I did not realize they had on in the mall near me. The other ones in my area are just annoyingly far way that you can usually talk yourself out of going. They are on the edge of being just too far away to make a quick trip

The mall near me is literally 3 minutes away. Having Popeyes right around the corner is

 

[ISO]

My local mall here in FL is poppin' The food court barely has any open seats on the weekends


In the NY tri state area in recent years they actually built NEW malls (American Dream Mall in NJ and Bay Plaza Mall in The Bronx).

Bay Plaza was built in 1988

NYC malls are gotta go to the burbs

 

[Justise M]

They could just be lame?

That's always a possibility

 

[Mystic]

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They’re still popping in my area. We have one that’s definitely on the decline(north lake) but at least they’re letting smaller local businesses occupy those spaces in the mall which is super smart. It’s a case by case basis with these malls.. just because they aint popping in your city that don’t mean they ain’t popping in others

Georgia?