Many malls are certainly dying, but Iām not sure what the tag āmega-mallā refers to? Things like the Mall of America or the King of Prussia mall? I havenāt heard any reports of those dying as of yet.
What is the appeal of the Mall again?
I feel like the Mall has never been a rewarding place to visit:
Herds of bovine shoppers staggering about, impulse items of shoddy construction in every direction, a miasma of Muzak wafting in the background, a whole court dedicated to food choices you will instantly regret. I always leave feeling a little fatter, a little poorer, and a little dumber.
I, for one, welcome our new internet-retail overlords.
Actually, the article is about malls, but the headline is so much more awesome when you add āmegaā. Iām just surprised it doesnāt say giga-malls.
and Sbarro closed 40% of its US locations this year so you canāt even do that in a lot of places.
Also too, millennials donāt have any money to go shopping because there are no jobs for them.
I used to like malls when they had 1) bookstores 2) music stores and 3) computer game stores. None of my local malls have any of these anymore. Yes, none of the books, albums, or games I purchased in the last year were physical objects, but it was nice to have physical retailers.
I like individual retail stores. I even make an effort to patronize ones I enjoy visiting (like my local comic shop).
I visit a book store with a singularity of purpose. I am there for a specific reason. The Mall is where one goes with a vague notion of filling an ambiguous hole.
Good. Horrible places.
And, call me old-fashioned, but I enjoy the feeling of being able to go into a place and walk out with what I want rather than having to wait for it to be shipped to me. The internet provides greater variety than I could ever imagine, and is wonderful for things I can wait for, but when I go to an office supply store because Iām looking for a notebook and get told āWe donāt carry them anymore, but you can order them from our online store!ā I want to punch the floor so hard it causes an earthquake.
Even when malls were fashionable the only reason I ever went to one was because it was the closest location of a specific store.
Typo in the original post - it should say āswill dinnerā.
Old-fashioned. 
Pshaw. Old hat. Peta-malls is where itās at.
Itās so hard when other people like things you donāt like, isnāt it?
As an apologist for James Howard Kunstler I say āDeath to the places not worth caring about!ā
I donāt understand the popularity of outlet malls. There is an impression that these places offer savings and discounts that you canāt find in the regular stores. Unless the item is blemished or has a manufacturing defect Iāve not found prices any more competitive than elsewhere. Sounds like just more marketing spiel to convince people theyāre getting a good deal.
Well, locally at least, the monstrosities referred to as āmallsā are substantially larger structures than they used to be, so it seems like for something to be considered a āmallā itās big enough that it once would have been a āmega-mall.ā Also as distinct from āstrip-mallsā and other forms of smaller shopping centers (sometimes called malls) that seem to be booming.
word. good riddance to them.
Even then, Iāve seen stuff (furniture, jeans) priced the same as new, unblemished product. (Hard to say with jeans, I know, but Iām not talking about the āpre-tatteredā lookā¦ I mean a hole punched in the jeans, ink or dye spilled on the jeans etc.)
BTW, thatās one fucked-up commenter over at that articleā¦ Poeās Law?
