• CapnClenchJaw@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I have one near me. I took my kid there because he was really curious about what it’s like inside malls. That was some depressing shit. Any mid-2000s nostalgia was eclipse by the zombie apocalypse feel of the place.

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      4 days ago

      That is how I felt at my local mall a few years ago during Christmas season… it was soooo blighted. The floors were not polished, there was not the atmosphere one who grew up in mall culture from the 80s during Christmas that would be accustomed to… I mean, half the doors didn’t work automatically like they used to and half the shops were empty.

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        4 days ago

        When I last went Christmas shopping at a mall, it really wasn’t even worth going. It was sad, as you said but I also didn’t find anything relevant at a price I would pay. It was all sad and pointless

        It’s interesting in an unfortunate way that my kid was lamenting having no place to hang out with his buddies. Malls used to attract teens, to the point where their previous hangouts are gone. Now there’s nothing