Is The Mall Dead?

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  Posted By: jackreed33 @ 02/26/2009 4:23:00 PM

  I think the issue with malls is they attrack a "hang out" environment. Which is intended for people to spend money. However thats not always the end result. I find at some malls it has the element of gangs and drugs and no one feels at home or safe. If these people where to get <a href="http://www.family-drug-intervention.net">alcohol addiction intervention</a> maybe this wouldnt be such an issue. granted there are alot of people out there without these problems. Others need a reality check to make these public environments safe for everyone including our kids. I know I dont feel personaly safe in most public environments due to the unperdictable and normaly dangerous behavior that these abuser eminate. I have lived in N.J. and I know how these malls attract such a crowd.
  

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  Posted By: mickiemaureen @ 12/24/2008 11:53:12 PM

  I think the problem is not that people don't want to shop at the mall, it is that so many people are sick of the mall element. Within the last month, my local mall has had one shooting, on November 25th, & then a security guard was stabbed, almost a week later. When you go to the mall on a Saturday, it is filled with teenagers that aren't buying anything. They need to charge an admission fee, to enter the mall....something that would be refunded with a purchase, at one of the stores. Right now, it is a zoo & sometimes a very dangerous zoo. The same people that are milling around, not spending any money, are the very same people who are most likely to be loud, obnoxious, violent, or shop lift; the teenagers.

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  Posted By: rewind @ 11/23/2008 5:19:07 PM

  Good riddance; the mall has killed most American cities and made consumer robots out of many American families. From Boston to L.A. these mall's are offering the same "boring" message, taking away any personal initiative and fattening many in their cheap food courts!