I will start by mentioning Valleyview Mall in Dallas. It happens to be at a very accessible and high traffic location.
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/...r-dinosaur-carcass-last-walk-valley-view-mall
The rumors of it closing apparently are false. The cinema is still open, but many of the movies are subtitled in Spanish. Sears has been dead for more than a year. The mall isn't being maintained much and no one seems to care. More and more Mexican oriented business are renting space on the cheap. With each passing month, it's starting to resemble more and more Mercado Juarez in Monterrey, Mexico.
I will start by mentioning Valleyview Mall in Dallas. It happens to be at a very accessible and high traffic location.
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/...r-dinosaur-carcass-last-walk-valley-view-mall
The rumors of it closing apparently are false. The cinema is still open, but many of the movies are subtitled in Spanish. Sears has been dead for more than a year. The mall isn't being maintained much and no one seems to care. More and more Mexican oriented business are renting space on the cheap. With each passing month, it's starting to resemble more and more Mercado Juarez in Monterrey, Mexico.
I think the bigger problem is government zoning policies, as more of these malls close it would make sense to repurpose them into housing, but for a developer to do that would violate zoning, so they sit vacant and thusly businesses that need a storefront can get cheap rent. Of course the problem is large buildings with few low rent tenants and low maintenance quickly become magnets for crime.
I know of several “zombie malls” in my area. One of them is in my hometown. One of the reasons though is that Wal-Mart and Kroger now have massive full service stores and so you don’t need to go to the mall anymore. The only mall I go to I go only because it has a total wine and more and in Washington I can’t order liquor online.
The 1950's era mall that we did most of our shopping at when I was a kid has been dead for over a decade.....Colonial Village. We went to Weise's and JCPenny's mostly. In 1976 the three screen movie theater opened along with additional space for 4 more stores, one of which was a Christian supply store. There was a fountain in the middle that people tossed pennies into which were collected for charity, that was fun for little kids.
We have an unhealthy mall in Olympia that I end up at every few years....to watch a movie. I have not purchased anything there since at least 2008.
Malls were the last connection to the old village market square where peope went to get what they need for dinner, to access whatever trades and crafts they needed and to socialize with other community members. That's gone now, or going, being replaced by faceless online commerce. Stuff you never touched delivered by people you never see and paid for to people who don't smile and thank you.
I regret the inevitability.
Malls were the last connection to the old village market square where peope went to get what they need for dinner, to access whatever trades and crafts they needed and to socialize with other community members. That's gone now, or going, being replaced by faceless online commerce. Stuff you never touched delivered by people you never see and paid for to people who don't smile and thank you.
I regret the inevitability.
Society is simply less personable, but it’s not just the market, no one attends church anymore, men don’t join fraternal groups, community events almost never occur, and North American sprawling communities means that there is no set neighborhood or gathering place, bemoaning the end of shopping malls seems like you’ve noticed the horse was missing not just after he left the barn door, but has already left the neighborhood, been captured and sold for glue
I make it a point to attend mass every Sunday and on holidays and I almost feel counterculture doing it. It’s the only place I get mass interaction (pun not intended although pretty cool) anymore.
No one wants to be bothered in public too. Before smart phones as a kid I’d take the ferry to Seattle and people would talk to each other and interact, and now everyone has the phone out
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I will start by mentioning Valleyview Mall in Dallas. It happens to be at a very accessible and high traffic location.
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/...r-dinosaur-carcass-last-walk-valley-view-mall
The rumors of it closing apparently are false. The cinema is still open, but many of the movies are subtitled in Spanish. Sears has been dead for more than a year. The mall isn't being maintained much and no one seems to care. More and more Mexican oriented business are renting space on the cheap. With each passing month, it's starting to resemble more and more Mercado Juarez in Monterrey, Mexico.
Malls were the last connection to the old village market square where peope went to get what they need for dinner, to access whatever trades and crafts they needed and to socialize with other community members. That's gone now, or going, being replaced by faceless online commerce. Stuff you never touched delivered by people you never see and paid for to people who don't smile and thank you.
I regret the inevitability.
I will start by mentioning Valleyview Mall in Dallas. It happens to be at a very accessible and high traffic location.
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/...r-dinosaur-carcass-last-walk-valley-view-mall
The rumors of it closing apparently are false. The cinema is still open, but many of the movies are subtitled in Spanish. Sears has been dead for more than a year. The mall isn't being maintained much and no one seems to care. More and more Mexican oriented business are renting space on the cheap. With each passing month, it's starting to resemble more and more Mercado Juarez in Monterrey, Mexico.
So zombies = Mexicans in your world view?
Oh great, we have one of "those kind" that look for ways to be offended.
Are you nuts? Mexicans have a higher tolerance for crumbling infrastructure. I like the visit the place myself every now and then. It has an eerie charm about it.
Not offended, it's your OP. You called them "Zombie shopping malls" in the title, then said they were places where Mexicans were buying spaces on the cheap.
Again, your words, not mine.
Don't be a pain in the ass. Some might be Guatemalan. I guess I could ask next time I'm there. The mall is a zombie because it's partially demolished and has a low occupancy rate.
I'm sorry I triggered you.
False accusations tend to do that to people.
Someone accused you of something?
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