Post #534194 by beadtiki on Fri, Jun 4, 2010 9:48 AM

I realize that malls are attempting to become more like "villages" or whatever (our local mall recently underwent a bit of a renovation including the requisite Claimjumper, Jhamba Juice, Macaroni's, PF Changs and multiplex theater) but a mall is still a mall - repetative teen clothing and shoes, known department stores, STINKY Yankee Candle, and annoying cluttering kiosks in the middle of it all! Not to mention it's a mecca for teenyboppers who take over every available place to sit and relax for a few minutes, yakking it up WAAAAY too loud on their cell phones or with their friends so EVERYone can hear their banal conversations, and generally being annoying! If I want that I'll have my daugher invite her friends over!

I would much prefer to shop in a more adult setting (no, I don't mean porn stores!) - just somewhere where I don't have dodge a pack of rabid teens! Again, though, I don't know what the IMP has turned into in the many years since I last visited - but I hope it's too "uncool" for the average teen! NO MORE MALLS!