The death of American malls is real, and it's not being overstated, the worse has yet to come as more stores are expected to close in 2020.
Shopping Mall Vacancies Hit Two-Decade High
| Source: | https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/shopping-mall-vacancies-hit-two-decade-high |
| Published: | Jan 14, 2020 |
| Author: | Tyler Durden |
| Post Date: | 2020-01-14 18:07:12 by Horse |
| Views: | 1053 |
#1: Liberator To: Horse (#0)
Liberator posted on 2020-01-16 12:12:03 Reply Private Reply
#2: Horse To: Liberator (#1)
Horse posted on 2020-01-16 20:57:15 Reply Private Reply
#3: noone222 To: Horse (#0)
Maybe a slew of gun ranges will fill the vacancies !
noone222 posted on 2020-01-17 07:01:00 Reply Private Reply
#4: BTP Holdings To: noone222 (#3)
I used to get raw chickens from a butcher across the street from Post Office. When Wal Mart opened, he couldn't compete. So he closed the shop and sold all the equipment. It is like that in a lot of places, including mall towns. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-01-17 07:08:16 Reply Private Reply
#5: Lod To: noone222, shoppers, 4 (#3)
Roving bands of nogs and Amazon are killing the malls of America today.
imo
Lod posted on 2020-01-17 07:12:51 Reply Private Reply
#6: BTP Holdings To: noone222 (#3)
I used to go into a pistol range that was in the basement under a bowling alley in north suburbs of Chicago. That range may still be there. But I have not been there in many, many years.
One time I was in Shore Galleries in Lincolnwood. It was right across the border from Chicago. This is where I got handcuffs that I used when working concert security.
One time I was in there and there was a Russian fellow in there looking at guns. He told me he wanted to fulfill his rights as a new citizen by purchasing a firearm. He did not tell me where he lived. God bless him. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-01-17 07:14:35 Reply Private Reply
#7: BTP Holdings To: Lod (#5)
I believe I saw a story about this a while back. Large groups of nogs walked into a store and walked out with merchandise without paying. The employees could do little to stop them, and by the time the cops got there the perps had disappeared. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-01-17 07:17:32 Reply Private Reply
#8: Lod To: BTP Holdings (#7)
Lod posted on 2020-01-17 07:45:32 Reply Private Reply
#9: Liberator To: Horse (#2)
Exactamundo on all three observations.
It could be argued that it's been this exploded credit system extended to everyone that's created runaway inflation and the Feral Reserve printing up endless Monopoly Money.
With respect to a further point regarding the long gone Mall Boom Era, Malls are RIP precisely because their businesses & space could not nor WOULD NOT be secured from the vandals, thieves, and escaped zoo animals by the Authoritahs -- aka our Overlords.
Liberator posted on 2020-01-17 08:59:16 Reply Private Reply
#10: Liberator To: noone222, Horse'Lod (#3)
True.
However...why celebrate the demise/sabotage of a free market idea that was actually good? The concept to enclose several shops, businesses, and entertainment facilities IN ONE PLACE was magnificently convenient.
What ultimately killed Malls was outlaw roving zoo animals who didn't have to respect LE because LE was ordered by the PTB TO IGNORE THE PROBLEM.
Liberator posted on 2020-01-17 09:04:08 Reply Private Reply
#11: Liberator To: BTP Holdings, noone222 (#4)
Yes indeed.
Proper blame for small town Mom & Pop stores: ChiCom-Proxy WALMART.
Liberator posted on 2020-01-17 09:05:57 Reply Private Reply
#12: Liberator To: Lod (#5)
AND...
Your opinion = +1000
IMO
Liberator posted on 2020-01-17 09:07:04 Reply Private Reply
#13: Lod To: Liberator (#12)
It was a great place until it became nogville.
Lod posted on 2020-01-17 11:00:51 Reply Private Reply
#14: BTP Holdings To: Liberator (#10)
One cop was writing too many traffic tickets. So his supervisor told him he could not go on the street. He was sitting in his car when a black guy walked past him and dropped a crack pipe.
He jumped out of the car and nailed him. It turned out he had a lot of bags of crack on him plus a large amount of cash.
I doubt they will give him a commendation for this either. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-01-17 17:33:41 Reply Private Reply
#15: FormerLurker To: Lod (#13)
Thankfully, up here in New Hampshire we don't have that problem. The cops actually enforce the law and citizens have the right to carry concealed.
FormerLurker posted on 2020-01-17 17:55:32 Reply Private Reply
#16: Liberator To: BTP Holdings (#14)
Probably not.
How do they expect to recruit good cops who actually care about legit LE?? (Answer: THEY DON'T. Just ask Frank Serpico. Or even better -- watch the movie. Yeah, again!)
Liberator posted on 2020-01-18 11:51:39 Reply Private Reply
#17: Liberator To: Lod (#13)
Yup...hard to believe Malls were ever as you described. (Nostalgia hurts sometimes, doesn't it?)
It was THE meeting place for everyone, for everything. A pleasant experience.
It was a great place until it became nogville.
Word, Homes.
Liberator posted on 2020-01-18 11:54:16 Reply Private Reply