Sad to watch this. I do indeed miss the mall. I would only go twice a year. But it was where I’d go to buy clothing, especially work clothing. We have a twice a year no sales tax on clothing sale. The Macy’s at my local mall, close to the house, would in combination with the tax deal with the state, slash their prices on clothing. And they would allow you to go in many days early. You would pay for your items, all on the discounted prices, with no tax, and they bagged them up. You could pick them up during or after the sales weekend. So once a year I’d examine the work clothes, workout clothes, etc, and hit that deal up on like the Monday before the coming weekend the madness started. They’d use these clear trash bags to bag all my shit up. It was amazing to spend $300 and get bags of stuff, getting slacks for $15-20, work shirts for $20, socks, shoes, I’d case the entire store as nobody was in there.
Then I’m a sneaker head so if I had some down time I’d hit the mall up during a slow time (never on a weekend) and check out the different sneaker stores. Also go by the Sears if I needed something for the kitchen, new appliance, or a tool. Wasn’t as big or as nice as the mall where I grew up but they had the food court, etc, with a couple of places of actually pretty decent food. Better places than drive thru.
You couldn’t pay me to go in there from November to February, nor in the summer but the months outside of that it was a nice to have thing just 5 or so minutes from the house. We have a few left but they are all a considerable drive and like he talked about, real slow, with plenty of empty stores. As much as people like to go to the shops I’m still surprised by the failure rate. People here, their main hobbies are going out to eat and shopping.
What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone
