Signs that your local mall is going down the tubes

[Slopho]

Originally Posted by Teger

maryland has some bad malls

georgetown mall is the best in the area imo. pentagon city is dumpy and tysons I/II are too big and too packed with marsupials

montgomery is a ******* maze

If you ever get bored you should venture down to Iverson Mall or to Forest Village Park Mall.

 

[kakemono]

The mall gains a nickname based on a known rough area...


Hickory Hollow was the mall... now referred to as Hickory Harlem.

 

[HORNS]

Any mall that has a temporary holiday store is pretty ghetto. Also Hot Topic.

 

[VKK3450]

I've always found that having an A&W in the food court was a sign of a downhill mall. Same with a Dairy Queen. I'm told thats not always the case in parts of the US.

K

 

[Neo_Version 7]

Hey! I like A&W.

Then again, the last time I ate there I was in New Jersey..

 

[RedLantern]

Signs that you are going down the tubes: you visit your local mall.

 

[atct86]

Originally Posted by cheessus

I'm from Northern Virginia (Fairfax/McLean area), and so Tysons I and II are what I grew up knowing malls to be. And even then I think that Tysons I sucks (mainly because of the crowd).

Now I live in the South Bay area, where there seems to be a mall every 10 miles. Now I never want to step in a mall again.

I work in Bethesda and am not impressed with Montgomery mall.

What are Tysons I and II? or is it a separate annex?

 

[oceans11]

I've only seen my local malls South Coast Plaza & Fashion Island get more & more elaborate. Been around forever & can't see them going down hill anytime soon even with the current economy.

 

[Slopho]

Originally Posted by atct86

I work in Bethesda and am not impressed with Montgomery mall.

What are Tysons I and II? or is it a separate annex?


Tysons I is generally what you'd expect a typical mall to be. Tysons II is a higher end mall they've got an RL, Boss, Bottega, Neimans (which is really overrated I think) and is connected to the Ritz Carlton.

They also have something else that I find strange in malls. They have a car. A car right in the middle of the mall.

 

[milosz]

When the mall starts packing all the low-rent places into one wing while slowly shifting all the 'decent' retailers to the opposite end.

My favorite anomaly is the Galleria in Dallas, which has a gallery in Saks with Warhol and Miró prints - and then the three-story anchor at the other end is BR, Gap and Old Navy stacked together.

 

[rdawson808]

Originally Posted by Teger

georgetown mall is the best in the area imo.

You're talking about the one on M St. right? Out of curiousity, what's there? I've been in a couple of times (once to get my driver's license). I don't recall seeing any stores there I'd shop at (though, my wife like's a couple).

b

 

[Bradford]

Originally Posted by VKK3450

I've always found that having an A&W in the food court was a sign of a downhill mall. Same with a Dairy Queen. I'm told thats not always the case in parts of the US.

K

I don't see that here in Arizona. A&W and Dairy Queen are in both good and bad malls.

I do miss Orange Julius however.

It occurs to me that the real sign of a bad mall here is when they have a store where you can buy airbrushed t-shirts that are customized on the premise.

 

[FidelCashflow]

Next to the starbucks... they open up a new starbucks

 

[LabelKing]

The ghettoest malls are the ones which have gift shops that sell those wall pictures that have fake waterfall effects once plugged in or Leather Wear Outlets that have perpetual Going Out Of Business sales.

 

[Bradford]

Originally Posted by milosz

When the mall starts packing all the low-rent places into one wing while slowly shifting all the 'decent' retailers to the opposite end.

My favorite anomaly is the Galleria in Dallas, which has a gallery in Saks with Warhol and Miró prints - and then the three-story anchor at the other end is BR, Gap and Old Navy stacked together.

Wait - you're classing BR, Gap and Old Navy as low-rent? I take it you don't actually visit many malls that are actually going down the tubes.