Will we still have Malls 5 years from now?
By Robin
@Daelii (5619)
United States
November 19, 2017 12:22pm CST
Over here in the USA, malls were a nice big thing. At least they were when I was a child. I can't tell you how many weekends were spent with friends and family hanging out at the mall. It had a movie theater, snack bars, dollar stores, Walmart, and other big anchor stores.
Now a days, they are getting empty. Stores are closing/ going bankrupt. My town put its chamber of commerce in the mall to help boost activity and cut down on expenses.
With many big stores closing in towns, its turning even more malls into ghost towns. Are we going to lose the mall as a hang out?
Does your town or city have a mall? is it busy? What kind of shopping centers do you have? Is it normal compared to your country?
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
19 Nov 17
It is so sad..I love malls and I am sad to see them going downhilll and closing
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
19 Nov 17
@Daelii It is definitely scary..what is happening? Are we doomed to be locked indoors only doing business on the internet?
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@Daelii (5619)
• United States
20 Nov 17
@TiarasOceanView That seems to be what people want. We all got the choice to shop where we want to and its no wonder if we put our money online/ in big companies that are not even in our states/city... that money will be taken away from our local places.
@much2say (53800)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Nov 17
It's scary that some of the big stores have gone out. But the malls here still seem to be going strong . . . in fact in our area/Valley they are trying to remodel/update many of them. It's as if they are trying to reinvent the mall . . . they are making sporting/park-like areas and living spaces - perhaps to entice more people to go there? One area will be erecting a new outdoor "mall". Now the uproar is about too much traffic coming here . . . we all love the mall hangouts, but we don't want our Valley to turn into a madhouse shopping destination.
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@Daelii (5619)
• United States
20 Nov 17
That sounds really cool about the outdoor mall! I really like the idea of including sporting/parks into it as another great way for social interacting. I wouldn't mind seeing that at the local mall here. The one in a nearby city thats much bigger population actually has a kids play zone in the middle of it. Its nice for toddlers to unwind a bit
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@much2say (53800)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Nov 17
@Daelii It is cool . . . they are indeed marketing these places to "bring people together". But of course this is in hopes for them to make more $$$. One such extension of a local mall is very cool . . . they have a free trolley system that can take you there and it's a beautiful place to walk around - a chic outdoor shopping area. However the shops and restaurants are rather pricey . . . and I hear rumors that business is not so good there. It has a kid zone, fountains, classic outdoor game areas, ponds . . . it's a lovely place to go to . . . um, but not to actually shop 
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
19 Nov 17
my home city has three small malls - internet shopping is a threat to many shops sadly
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@RasmaSandra (73101)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Nov 17
Here in Riga, Latvia we have too many malls. Some of them I have seen have empty stores because people just cannot afford to spend money in malls all the time. I have not seem too many teens hanging out in the malls.
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@RasmaSandra (73101)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Nov 17
@Daelii you know I live in the suburbs so I don't really know where teens hang out. I have seen them when I am in the city in some city parks or squares. As for shoppers especially families if they make purchases they do it at hypermarkets here that sell everything from food to light bulbs etc.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Nov 17
I think malls will exist but just at a greatly reduced number. They will be more specialized shopping.
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