Anonymous wrote:No one goes there any more. Its too crowded.

Anonymous wrote:It's totally a gimmick but my kid loves the conveyor sushi place. That's our our default on one on mom and son day lunch spot.

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Anonymous wrote:My 13 yo and friends were there today and had fun. They metroed. Glad I didn’t drive them as I initially had planned since it was so crowded. The parking there is impossible. Even when I get a spot in the hulking garage, I can’t find my car bc the signage makes no sense and every level looks the same. Ugh.

I get exactly the right visual.

Anonymous wrote:Man, can we not? There are very few spaces now that don’t cost money to get into that you can just wander around for a few hours, especially for kids. You don’t have to be spending tons of money to be AT the mall. Window shopping with a drink costs about $5. Kids can be dropped off and stay safe, adults can walk with or without kids because there’s no cars and there’s air conditioning. Let people live damn.

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Anonymous wrote:I almost never go to the mall but had to today to make a return and try something on before buying it. The amount of people just milling around, stopping in the middle of the walkways, etc. was just overwhelming. If folks are concerned about money right now (with gas prices what they are) you’d never know it by how many people were out shopping.

And don’t get me started on the 10 year old girls I saw in full faces of makeup, acrylic nails, and highlighted hair…

This is why I default to shopping online and end up returning half the stuff I buy. It’s not good.

Does anyone really enjoy just going to the mall (especially when the weather is so nice?!?!).

End rant…

You shop online because you fear 10 year olds wearing makeup?

Oh, honey. There’s help for that. Seek it.

Anonymous wrote:In my hometown, there is a huge, abandoned mall. It had three “anchor” department stores, multiple large restaurants…it was huge. Now it’s completely empty, crumbling, and the location of a lot of encampments, crime, and drug deals.

I would give anything for that big complex to once again be a place where:
1) Older adults could walk to stay healthy, strong and connected to one another
2) People could try on clothes, which cuts down on the environmental footprint of shipping and returns
3) People could have jobs, from makeup counters to jewelry stores to bookstores to coffee shops to restaurants to eyeglass shops
4) Creative spaces like art galleries, Paws at the Mall (ASPCA in the Annapolis Mall), kid-friendly museums and interactive exhibits could exist
5) Teens and tweens could hang out in a relatively safe environment, if they are responsible and can stay connected to family through their cells

Etc., etc., etc.

With people like OP, you can’t win. She’ll complain about “welfare people with no jobs” (then sneers at mall jobs); she’ll complain that “kids are always on the phone and don’t have real life friends” (then complain if they’re a little loud or clueless when they walk around); kids are inactive (then complains when they walk around with friends and—dare to exist, what with fashion choices and all); GAS PRICES OMG (never mind that people are saving gas and environmental footprint by trying on and buying in person).

Shut up, OP.

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Anonymous wrote:No one goes there any more. Its too crowded.

You realize how ludicrous it is to put these two statements right next to each other don’t you

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one goes there any more. Its too crowded.

You realize how ludicrous it is to put these two statements right next to each other don’t you

Anonymous wrote:No one goes there any more. Its too crowded.