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Jilly_in_VA

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8. One that I used to patronize

Fri May 23, 2025, 01:22 PM

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has been razed and is now an Amazon distribution center. Another one (in the town where I used to live) is a combination of medical offices, physical therapy center, and extension classrooms for a university 35 miles down the road.

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There is a large mostly abandoned shopping center near where I live. [View all] Takket Friday OP

They paved paradise put up a parking lot. Joni Mitchell Ping Tung Friday #1

COVID homegirl Friday #5

Tesla/Musk..... magicarpet Friday #2

There are dead malls all over the place and one is near me Warpy Friday #3

I saw a video where they were converting some mall spaces to apartments. forgotmylogin Friday #17

I am very impressed -- sounds like a lot of thought went into its conversion. nt Hekate Friday #22

How cool! ShazzieB Friday #28

That sounds FANTASTIC!!! What a way to reimagine that space! calimary Yesterday #35

Thanks for sharing Auggie Yesterday #53

Personally, I think the rise of online shopping had a great deal to do with the demise of malls. CTyankee Friday #20

I have to disagree Warpy Friday #30

Sears and Roebuck was mail order in a vastly different time. The Internet offers dazzling choices that the Sears catalog CTyankee Friday #32

Malls didn't last because they lost their big anchor stores Warpy Friday #34

I wonder why those big anchor stores left the malls in the first place. CTyankee Yesterday #37

"I wonder why those big anchor stores left the malls in the first place." BumRushDaShow Yesterday #45

Montgomery Ward Clouds Passing Yesterday #49

Well Macy's was in the Wanamaker building until near the end of March of this year and that was that BumRushDaShow Yesterday #52

Greed. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #38

Indoor shopping malls were never sustainable IbogaProject Friday #23

I don't know if malls would have survived regardless mdbl Yesterday #39

I worked in one briefly in 1986 IbogaProject Yesterday #43

Ditto Cosmocat Yesterday #44

Look at the Tons DENVERPOPS Yesterday #50

Amazon didn't help. They made it too easy to buy online. OMGWTF Yesterday #51

Interesting to see what abandoned shopping malls are converted to IronLionZion Friday #4

Retail Is History! - At Deadmalls.com hatrack Friday #6

that is an interesting link NJCher Friday #14

Caldor, good lord... róisín_dubh Yesterday #36

I lived at the Caldor's that had opened near me in the the '90s BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago #54

One that I used to patronize Jilly_in_VA Friday #8

howdi AllaN01Bear Friday #11

Catholic churches? RicROC Yesterday #48

as a teen i had to be bribed to do the mall. everything is the same. pansypoo53219 Friday #7

Probably thought it looked better for their inventory ToxMarz Friday #9

in my area, indoor malls are dying, but outdoor malls are thriving.... getagrip_already Friday #10

sell them for scrap value. AllaN01Bear Friday #12

When Musk talks about Tesla corporate performance... CaptainTruth Friday #13

I live in a heavily Democratic district, and yet... cab67 Friday #15

Our mall will soon be a casino. twodogsbarking Friday #16

no Elon stickers everywhere NJCher Friday #18

See, and I think those cars should be placed in the parking lot, out in the open ... aggiesal Friday #19

This is a great idea, but there are complications. Shipwack Friday #26

It can be done, look at this link posted in this same thread ... aggiesal Friday #29

This message was self-deleted by its author NJCher Friday #21

clever criminals will strip the batteries out of the cars soon. give it time. nt Javaman Friday #24

Safer there than outside where idiots will attempt to vandalize them MichMan Friday #25

The OP says that the cars are in the lot. niyad Yesterday #40

Correct, it does MichMan Yesterday #41

Musk foolishly threw his lot in with Trump PJMcK Friday #27

I was expecting it to have become a homeless camp... ananda Friday #31

Tesla's stock price is up on the news D_Master81 Friday #33

I love... GiqueCee Yesterday #42

Photos we need PHOTOS! justaprogressive Yesterday #46

I've often wondered if all these abandoned malls could be converted to public housing. travelingthrulife Yesterday #47