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Post by Sarge on Sept 6, 2021 2:31:39 GMT
Been years, if you mean an indoor mall. One by one they shut down, I think there is only one left in the tri-city area. I remember the first time I went to a mall, in the 70s, it was an experience.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Sept 6, 2021 4:45:07 GMT
2 weeks ago, for a specific store.
I'll be going back this month for a new phone.
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Post by HumanFundRecipient on Sept 6, 2021 13:15:13 GMT
Sometime in late July/August. The shopping complex near where I live (because that's what I call it- it's too damn big) has a Barnes & Noble where I got some of my recent Criterion Collection Blurays. That was in the outdoor "Town Center" portion. The actual mall has a ice cream place where I just needed to get a milkshake from.
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Post by amyghost on Sept 6, 2021 13:25:41 GMT
I have an enclosed mall near me that has acres of 'strip-mall' buildup around it. I use the surrounding stores, but seldom into the mall proper, though the few times I have it appears to be doing okay; though I recently heard it had filed for bankruptcy protection. Another mall, some distance from me, but near where I work, is thriving and doing quite well, with virtually no empty space inside. Most of the enclosures in my area have either folded entirely, or been radically transformed into 'open-air' malls, or mixed residential and retail zones.
The era of the big, enclosed mall seems to be dead; and yet (oddly enough, as I could never have imagined myself saying this in their heyday, when their proliferation was helping to kill city centers) I sort of miss them. At their best they provided a unique environment that could be pleasant and enticing; and in areas like mine, with defined seasonal weather patterns, they definitely offered up a shopping venue that beat trekking around in the cold, wet and slush of winter. I don't know that I really wish for their return, but I can't deny that, in retrospect, they did have some good points about them.
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Post by ghostintheshell on Sept 6, 2021 14:44:09 GMT
February I think. That was the last time I saw a film in the theaters.
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Post by mystery on Sept 6, 2021 14:58:13 GMT
For local malls, it's been so long I don't even remember. At least 5 years, but probably more. I don't like shopping in malls, with pushy salespeople and limited selection. I do most of my clothes shopping online these days. It's easier to find the sizes and styles I'm looking for.
I do sometimes go to malls when I'm overseas, just because I find it interesting to see what their stores are like and what products they carry. In that case, the last time I went to a mall was in 2019.
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Post by marianne48 on Sept 6, 2021 15:13:52 GMT
Just about this time of year, in 2019. My mother was looking for a simple, tasteful-looking silky blouse to wear to a party; we searched several stores at the mall, but all they had was a bunch of tacky stuff. The selection was bad then; I've heard that since the pandemic it's even worse now, and the stores are short-staffed and disorganized, so it's not a great shopping experience.
When this particular mall first opened, it was a lot nicer, and at Christmastime they had a gigantic singing polar bear surrounded by animatronic animals. That display was taken out years ago, and the more interesting stores have gone out of business. Now it's just overpriced clothing stores with a skimpy selection and a crowded food court. There's no pressing reason to go there anymore.
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Post by msdemos on Sept 6, 2021 15:51:25 GMT
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Post by divtal on Sept 6, 2021 16:37:33 GMT
LOL. Although, I think your "rad" vocabulary is a little out of date. And, a current picture would show all four teens on ... or looking at ... their phones.
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Post by msdemos on Sept 6, 2021 17:09:06 GMT
LOL. Although, I think your "rad" vocabulary is a little out of date. And, a current picture would show all four teens on ... or looking at ... their phones. HA !! On Point.....on BOTH counts !!  SAVE FERRIS
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Post by brandomarlon2003 on Sept 11, 2021 23:48:53 GMT
About two week ago. Bought a Halloween costume there and got a massage done.
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Post by onethreetwo on Sept 12, 2021 2:39:09 GMT
Went today. The first time in years. Had to get a pair of pants tailored.
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Post by GiantFan1980 on Sept 12, 2021 2:59:25 GMT
Went to a local indoor mall 2 weeks ago and didn't see one damn thing worth buying! Overpriced teen clothing, and smart phone kiosks is pretty much all that dump pushes now. Once all the book stores went out of business, Kay Bee Toys went bankrupt and nearly all the Suncoast video stores and music stores became relics of the past, there wasn't much reason to go back to the indoor malls anymore.
This mall was the go to place to hang out and shop from the late 80's through about 2008ish.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Sept 12, 2021 9:43:29 GMT
August 2019.
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Post by jamesbamesy on Sept 12, 2021 17:50:16 GMT
2 days ago. Tried to bring back AirPods at the Apple store to get them fixed only to find out we needed to book an appointment. Trying again on Thursday.
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Post by Spooky Ghost Ackbar on Sept 12, 2021 17:55:43 GMT
Couple of weeks ago. It was the first time I’d been in a large crowded area without a mask in over a year, and the first time I’d been in a mall in several years. It was like going back in time. Very surreal experience.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Sept 13, 2021 16:02:16 GMT
Not sure if any of these have been posted before, but they suddenly showed up as recommendations while I was browsing through some very different stuff, on Youtube the other day:
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