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@loweloking884 жыл бұрын
This may sound weird but I feel technology is regressing us as individuals. I feel people were more evolved socially in the 80s-90s than now. We don’t even need to leave the house anymore to visit people in different parts of the world.
@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr28233 жыл бұрын
But, you know nothing about anyone you don't see irl or for very long. It's just fantasy.
@chelseagirl2783 жыл бұрын
It isn’t weird, what you are saying is completely true!
@LittleKittyCat3 жыл бұрын
You're right!
@bgcrp20053 жыл бұрын
No y’all just old ... people today are more accepting or welcoming to gays and black people the 80s was a mess yall just had good shows and music but some of y’all are either straight or cacausian so it must of been fun every decade is fun for a white parson
@chelseagirl2783 жыл бұрын
@@bgcrp2005 why do you need to bring race into this. Everyone had more fun back then,!
@tww113 жыл бұрын
I miss these times. I was only a child. When you’re a child you don’t realize just how much the world will change and the things you’re familiar with will fade away.
@claraclown80363 жыл бұрын
How true that is :(
@summerrose42863 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@bleeneo1013 жыл бұрын
So true and feel it now
@LaurenOliviArt3 жыл бұрын
Truth
@MelisJoy3 жыл бұрын
Could not think of a better way to put it :(
@lucyterrier79054 жыл бұрын
The malls gave us teens something to do in the long winters. The movies, restaurants, arcades, clothes, etc. All in one place for you & your friends to hang all day. Safe, too.
@nicolestarkoniski56743 жыл бұрын
Lucy Terrier yep better than the internet full of creeps
@ablemagawitch3 жыл бұрын
Then malls started to run teens hanging out off and then the malls had no customers.... Ran off their largest customer base who when became older remembered where they weren't welcome. Instead of instilling that going to the mall to buy everything and window shop making other purchases along the way....They sent to strip malls that welcomed them, until they made similar mistakes with no bicycles or skateboard rules...
@alwillk3 жыл бұрын
Safe? Isn’t that where Adam Walsh got kidnapped from?
@ablemagawitch3 жыл бұрын
@@alwillk Kids get kidnapped at almost every location in known existence on Earth.... Just because one child was kidnapped from a mall doesn't make them unsafe. The News Media used every one to create Moral Panic of the day for ratings, the same way they ran the yearly moral panic stories about Halloween candy being laced with drugs and/or razor blades in apples.... The "Razor Blade in apples" urban legend was such a Moral Panic at Halloween, you could take your "Trick or Treating" Candy to the hospital and the hospital (and the minor emergency centers) would X-Ray it for free because Moral Panics and Media Ratings convince people that is was very common place. Yet none was found out side isolated incidents spawn by watching that news to fulfill the false legacy ..... For reference, Children are must often kidnapped by one of their parents usually in a custody battle. We're leaving runaways out of this that run off with their slightly older boyfriend/girlfriend. Then comes family members and friends for being the kidnapper, which is also is actually where the largest sexual predator risk comes from...... Not to dismiss the Human (sex) Trafficker Scum of the Earth but if you listen to the media and news shows in the 1950-1990-s you were at threat of being kidnapped all the time. Just like how they then ran moral panic pieces about Internet Predators being every person who contacts your kids online or says Hi in game lobby.... Which a whole generation has grown up being aware of yes there are smart asses, perverts and/or trolls on line, a some predators but it is the 1st 3 of the 4 options most likely. Trolling ChoMo's to trap them is not just done by just Law Enforcement.... They're fair game and lots of videos on youtube of them getting busted. Malls were pretty safe and you also had a far more "get involved crowd and society" than we do today. Today people might call the police on their cellphone but back then they would intervene and fuck that person up until the police came. Who then would give a would be kidnapper child predator the old ""wooden shampoo"" treatment before being dropped at the jail with notice for other inmates to target them freely....
@emilyhorror52943 жыл бұрын
Safe ? Yeah no
@philliphelms65053 жыл бұрын
Malls back in the day with all the Christmas lights and what ever just made Christmas feel like Christmas!
@jacobwilliams13193 жыл бұрын
Righy
@rsprockets78463 жыл бұрын
Had my pic taken on santa's lap in bamberger's
@rsprockets78463 жыл бұрын
Ever get the feeling that the greatest generation after the war fueled the development of malls boomers and then patronized then and after 1990 the declines began?
@pinklightning65203 жыл бұрын
Your mall is just trash
@lateshiachilds36403 жыл бұрын
For real, I used to love the holidays it stopped feeling like the holidays to me after 2008. Way too commercialized nowadays
@Monorail-Beyond-the-Veil5 жыл бұрын
This is SO sad! I actually remember a time when Sears was actually crowded. My mother was still alive then, and life seemed easier. She loved going to Sears.
@faith2xxx5 жыл бұрын
My sister used to love Sears. We went to the one at Mall of America, and she staying in there for over 2 hours, and came out after she had bought a friggin bra!
@kevincampbell57855 жыл бұрын
Never was much of a Sears guy, but I'm sad to see that piece of America go.
@Galidorquest4 жыл бұрын
Majestic Sanctuary Some Sears stores are actually still open in Illinois and they have a great selection of jackets and cargo pants... I was born in '96 and I don't remember Sears *ever* being crowded, even in the Early 00's when the economy was still good... I sure missed out.
@bobina054 жыл бұрын
Remember when Sears had a candy counter?
@JohnAckerman934 жыл бұрын
I remember my Mom bought a lot from Sears. I bought clothes from there, and many other things. My mom shops at Kohl’s mostly.
@kasteman13 жыл бұрын
I liked the old malls, with the interiors all dark and moody, different colors of neon lighting the hallways. Malls were such a cool experience for a kid.
@JP-wx6uh3 жыл бұрын
When people could actually survive on their salaries.
@itgetter93 жыл бұрын
This was actually the beginning of the end of that trend. Thanks for nothing, Reagan!!
@ASTPlumbing90903 жыл бұрын
I use to work at a move theater in high school in the early 90s and I made enough on my part time pay to pay for a car payment, insurance, gas, my phone, and plenty left over for entertainment. Now a part time pay wouldn’t even pay for a car payment let alone any of the other stuff.... and we wonder why so many are disgruntled, no one can afford to live anymore.
@olika90763 жыл бұрын
Isn't it "funny" that at THAT time most of the stuff actually was American made (cars, clothes, appliances, TVs, PCs, ... you name it), a job could pay for most things you needed in life. And all that after decades of offshoring to places in the world where things were made "cheaper" ???? Who actually profited from all the money that was saved and appeared as "profit" in the balance to produce elsewhere in the world?? I guess most already know the answer - the "gifted" CEOs and shareholders that trimed the companies to be more profitable... Many things have been going wrong in America for a looong time ... and don't get me wrong I am NOT talking "socialism" and not "t****" (the latter is rather part of the CEO-type crowd ;)
@JP-wx6uh3 жыл бұрын
@@olika9076 Problem is too much ignorance and misunderstanding of social systems... a bunch of people wanting similar things, but stigmas and misinfo causes people to be confused and not understand the meaning of terms. Democracy in the most fundamental form is about balance. Democracy is that pie in the sky that most people in societies generally aim for. Capitalism is merely an economic system that has an underlying conflict (contradiction) with democracy. Capitalism does not operate by democracy whatsoever. Therefore, it has to be decided by the society whether the society wants to allow capitalism to operate with or without the assurance that democracy is always valued above everything else whenever the underlying conflicts with capitalist economic systems arise in society. Basically you really cannot have both, unless democratic based principles take precedence in determining how the wealth/capital (and overall economy) operates. Just as those failed "communist" systems collapsed due to their neglect of democracy that they always claimed to value, an unregulated capitalist system that pisses all over democratic principles has an increased risk of also collapsing.
@JP-wx6uh3 жыл бұрын
@@ASTPlumbing9090 For like 90% of jobs, the wages just haven't gone up, at all. They're literally the same as they were 25-30 years ago. But costs have gone up with relatively significant inflation, mostly in certain areas (autos and food most noticeably). It's a joke. And a lot of big businesses are ultimately hurting their own interests in the long-term due to exploitation, selfishness, greed and a general lack of value for basic human dignity. But investors don't really care and they are now the true owners of the corporations. CEO's are sometimes just figureheads who get paid fat salaries tp make sure profit targets are reached every quarter no matter what has to be done in order to reach the targets.
@jdog55345 жыл бұрын
If you ever watch the 80s movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", it has really great examples of how malls used to be in the 80s
@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr28233 жыл бұрын
They just filmed in one tiny corner. The pizza place was real, though.
@InflatablePlane3 жыл бұрын
Watch Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure to see a late 80’s mall (Metrocenter Mall Phoenix AZ) unfortunately just closed down.
@5171967cafk3 жыл бұрын
"Smooth Talk" (1986) as well.....plenty of footage!
@lindahollander35883 жыл бұрын
I just watched it last weekend
@xamyx22053 жыл бұрын
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 The interior shots were filmed at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, and the exterior was the Santa Monica Mall; unfortunately, both have long since been remodeled, and have lost that vibe...
@jackson51166 жыл бұрын
Malls were experiences during those decades. It wasn't just about buying items, they had fountains, and music, arcades, it was experiences. Today's malls are so overloaded with clothing stores, and kiosks, you just don't have those experiences anymore.
@chillydawgg43543 жыл бұрын
I despise those super-pushy kiosk people
@swifty19693 жыл бұрын
yeah! all the fun science and tech stores are gone thanks to Amazon.
@oblongfan13 жыл бұрын
It’s basically dead. With cellphones no one interacts. Just walk and shop and get out. No mall rats. Teenage goths hanging out like we did in the 90s. Really sad. I’m 34 now and want to live out the 80s and 90s again
@cheryl90323 жыл бұрын
@@oblongfan1 I was a teenager in the 70s, we would go to the mall and shop, but mostly sit by the fountain and people watch! It was a bustling place throughout my childhood and teen years. In my 30’’s they remodeled because it was one of the oldest malls around and “dying”. Sadly they put so many more stores and kiosks in, it ruined the experience of going to the place. The aged fountain was removed 😢. It closed down within 10 years. I haven’t been to any mall in years, but one of my people watching partners told me the few places where you could still sit were full of people using their cellphones.
@ls6-ss4133 жыл бұрын
@@oblongfan1 you Can watch 20-25 teenagers walking together not saying a word to each other all on their cell phones tho. It's scary shit tbh
@uhill743 жыл бұрын
Malls at Christmas time in the early 80s was magical. Crowded, exciting....so much to do and see. Stores like Woolworth, Sears, KB Toys, Wall to Wall Sound, Radio Shack. Glad I got to experience America at its ultimate best.
@fanaticat12 жыл бұрын
One commercial for the Menlo Park mall (in NJ) had Alexander's and Bamberger's. All of these stores you and I mentioned are out of business. So sad...
@davidwright44952 жыл бұрын
I'm right with you on that statement. I miss those days.
@sweetpie79192 жыл бұрын
Oh man it was great. Everything was sparkling. I remember there were perfume ladies everywhere offering samples. They were always so beautifully dressed and if you were lucky you wouldn't just get a spray, you'd get a little glass vial of perfume. I'd treasure those as a kid. My goal was to grow up and be a perfume lady, lol! The food courts had better food back then too. I don't remember mcdonalds or taco bell. I remember huge slices of pizza, corn dogs and fresh squeezed lemonade, orange julius, cookies, chocolate filled churros, some place that sold only stuffed potato skins that were addictive. So many toy stores and radio shack, lol. Lots of cool places for kids and preteens with just weird stuff or an entire stores with stickers and cool pencils that were scented. Showing up to school with a pencil that smelled like cherries and had dangly jewels on it that I bought with extra lunch money made me the cool kid for a day. Lots of "you're so luckyyyyy!" And lets not forget the record stores, ugh, the best. Music, posters, what else did you need?
@sweetpie79192 жыл бұрын
@@jayrober4834 There are lots of modern things I love, but things I miss too. I am still annoyed to only have cell phones and not a phone plugged into the wall. The last time I tried to get a landline, a real landline not an Internet phone, I had to explain over and over to AT&T and they were confused. Wait? Do you want an old fashion wired line? Yes. They gave me a number to call where no one ever answers and there’s no voicemail. 🙁 oh well.
@sweetpie79192 жыл бұрын
@@jayrober4834 The best part of videos like these are showing them to my kids. So was this in the 40s? Haha. My favorite question was being asked what my favorite website was when I was a kid. I said there were no websites. Lots of confusion. So your mom didn’t let you use the computer? Were you poor? LOL
@ukmedicfrcs4 жыл бұрын
I loved the 80s. It was such a fun easy time. No social media BS..people actually talked to each other. I miss the music, tv shows, movies...every thing!
@Deadbeat187s3 жыл бұрын
I talk to my left hand all the time lol 😂
@Degro763 жыл бұрын
Amen to that
@judydawson75733 жыл бұрын
The 80s were the best!!!!
@ukmedicfrcs3 жыл бұрын
@@judydawson7573 I would go back in a heart beat! How about you?
@judydawson75733 жыл бұрын
@@ukmedicfrcs most def!!! Wish we could time travel🥰
@shawnatiu96763 жыл бұрын
This was a throwback to a better time that can’t be explained to Millennials and beyond. The excitement of feeling anticipation is almost non existent due to technology and the demand for immediate gratification. I loved the anticipation feeling I would get when my favorite song played over the radio of my used 1978 AMC Gremlin, or standing in line at Record Mart in the mall waiting for concert tickets and getting them before they put the “sold out” sign in the kiosk window. Going to the mall wasn’t based on the necessity to go there find what you need, and leave. It was an adventure into finding that perfect 80’s outfit and the anticipation of wearing your finds to the roller rink that night or to school Monday morning. Much has been gained with technology but so much has been lost too.
@r4tgl3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Unexplainable to those that weren't there. People just say that makes you living in the past but it was a different vibe, a better one.
@supersmashmaster433 жыл бұрын
I wasn’t alive then, but what I gathered from your words and just a bunch of other stories and such, it’s just crazy that, that was once a point in time. Looking at these videos makes it look unreal and magical and yet again that was time that actually happened and existed. When you compare it to now, it’s so different and otherworldly, yet it wasn’t even that long ago either. It just seemed like a peak that will never be seen again and can never be replicated.
@monkeynumbernine3 жыл бұрын
Hehehe... AMC... I had one, a hornet. Not a great car. Good times 😃
@leanit57562 жыл бұрын
I miss all the American made products that were sold in the malls back then, much of which I still enjoy using today.
@Hiphopasaurus3 жыл бұрын
Imagine a time when it was okay to breathe the same air as strangers!
@milfordcivic67553 жыл бұрын
Imagine a time when we didn't have a nazi as a president
@biggobot32533 жыл бұрын
@@milfordcivic6755 Imagaine a time when your mom wasn't gay
@jessebaseballny37003 жыл бұрын
Yes they were so brave. 😃
@micai.j89203 жыл бұрын
Back when a time when people weren’t going AS crazy over politics, And weren’t so narrow-minded and rude 😉
@micai.j89203 жыл бұрын
People back then were much more mature on average. People had class. Sophistication was the goal. Now grown ass people like to argue over every little damn thing. 🙃 ..Oh, and blame THE INTERNET for further ruining pop culture.
@drivecfl4 жыл бұрын
Kid hugging the security guard. Imagine that today, the guard would be questioned on his intentions. Innocence is gone.
@richarddelinski14893 жыл бұрын
Sad, but true.
@bgcrp20053 жыл бұрын
Lmao y’all are delusional they would not and to be honest I’m glad because back then creeps were getting around easily as teachers clowns cops guards so stop You white how’s miss era that treated to u
@jamesslick47903 жыл бұрын
@@bgcrp2005 " You white how’s miss era that treated to u " WTF language is that?!? Google Translate can't even figure out what the hell you said.
@TXFRWYGYPSY3 жыл бұрын
It’s true or they would call CPS on the parents now a days. It’s sad.
@stevegallant33953 жыл бұрын
@Rio Bank it's all the crap corporate Farms put in the food
@johnjones3933 жыл бұрын
From a time when going to the mall was an event.
@donnar98643 жыл бұрын
I think Walmart had a hand in k* lling the malls...
@mysterygurl993 жыл бұрын
@@donnar9864 That, for sure, coupled with the fact that people don’t have as much disposable income as they did back then.
@chrispeterson12473 жыл бұрын
Have you ever heard of a company called “Amazon” 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴
@lloydkline69463 жыл бұрын
IndoorMalls was a teenager thing, restaurants, shopping, free hangout ,bookstore , record stores, chothes stores, now walmart, Meijer, target etc etc has the same stuff
@ronh.798 Жыл бұрын
There was something for everyone.
@andrewplantagenet58116 жыл бұрын
The good old days. Makes me wish for a time machine all the more.
@cbsteffen3 жыл бұрын
But you can’t go back in time and stay in the past until the day you die. The past wasn’t always better. The more important concerns were harder to deal with. Just because technology gets wiser with time doesn’t mean we should let it control us or run away from the present. We have to know how to cut down on reliance from technology by strengthening our thinking skills. I do so with HAPPYneuron!
@chelseagirl2783 жыл бұрын
Take me with you!
@melissaann14013 жыл бұрын
Someone needs to invent one
@chelseagirl2783 жыл бұрын
@@melissaann1401 and soon, I want to know what I know now and fix the mistakes of my life 😂
@melissaann14013 жыл бұрын
@@chelseagirl278 same 😃😄
@proeyebry6 жыл бұрын
The 70’s and 80’s was a wonderful time to be a youth. Malls were the place to be. Not only did they have every shop you could want. But they also had a relaxing shopping environment. Waterfalls and fountains. Colored light shows. Animatronic figures during the holidays and arcades. Hot Sams pretzels, if anyone remember this great eatery. A time when you would beg your parents to drop you off at the mall to hang out with friends. Window shop for things you wanted for birthdays and Christmas. Try on Guess jeans, and other brands you coveted. As long as you had 10 dollars for tokens, everything was alright. So glad to have been a child in those magical times. Great video and Thanks for the memories.
@annapaulikonis24336 жыл бұрын
Marty McFly we had an indoor skating rink at the MonroevilleMall inPgh.
@FredFlix6 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, Marty. Good comment.
@michaelt64206 жыл бұрын
I remember Hot Sams. the store was about 50 square feet.
@proeyebry6 жыл бұрын
michael t Yes, it was usually just a store front. But boy oh boy the pizza pretzels on a stick were amazing. Not like today’s mall dough gut bomb pretzels!
@tichdaddy16 жыл бұрын
I share your thoughts my friend. I was lucky enough to work in our local mall in my high school days, and after graduating. Met my future wife in our mall.. So malls are alright by me!
@DalV5 жыл бұрын
Our mall had a movie theatre so we could spend a day shopping, lunch and movie
@cynthiacollins28323 жыл бұрын
Shopping malls in 70's n 80's was like taking a one day vacation and you could spend as much as on a vacation too but it was fun !
@jfree19986 жыл бұрын
Man I miss the 80s. This century sucks
@endtheliesnow59063 ай бұрын
And its getting worse..
@johnisrael5183Ай бұрын
yeah..its like a modern 1920s nightmare
@robertkees60483 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid in the seventies malls were a game changer, up north it gets cold, so the idea of walking around from store to store in the middle of winter all warm and dry was huge. I actually remember going to Birthday parties at the mall, don't remember what we did but still, the mall was an actual destination all its own. Hell, that's where I got my Sea Monkees, fed them too much and one of them broke out of the aquarium and ate my little brother, who knew?
@jjryan1352 Жыл бұрын
good times
@jeff-crankyxer19313 жыл бұрын
I wish I can go back to these simpler and nicer times. My mom recently passed and I have good memories of going to the mall with her.
@geraldboykin6159 Жыл бұрын
No Shootings!!!!
@LadyCoyKoi3 жыл бұрын
Back when people cared for one another and consider safety first, especially when children are involved. Back when the middle class, real middle class still existed. There was also a sense of community where the security and staff took pride in their work and actually made sure everyone was helped and guided. This was the world I grew up in. Now-a-days, there is this sense of cognitive dissonance and disconnection. 😥That good intentions and help are seen as bad and with suspicion.
@thetruthandnothingbutthetr64843 жыл бұрын
Politicians sold out the middle class for their billionaire lobbyist ...shipped all the jobs away
@melissaann14013 жыл бұрын
Nowadays the scenario you described sounds more like a made up fairy tale than reality that actually existed.. we really have messed up as a society
@matthewthomasjames Жыл бұрын
Well, to be fair, some of the fun of being a kid, at least back in the 70’s was that kids had way more freedoms than they do now. The “helicopter parenting” technique wasn’t prevalent yet. Probably because the world was generally a safer place so that everyone was far more trusting than they can afford to be today. But yeah, as far as friendliness and pride in one’s work, that has gone entirely down the drain.
@Perktube15 жыл бұрын
I miss Sears, Craftsman tools, the Sears Christmas catalog, Radio Shack, etc.
@PoliteTia3 жыл бұрын
Radio Shack sucked with Tandy products
@TimUFL3 жыл бұрын
GO TO LOWES - Craftsman relocated!
@peacefuldaizy57173 жыл бұрын
Sears still exists, although after the current round of liquidations end in April, there will be 29 full-sized Sears stores still open.
@DontFartOnMyPillow6193 жыл бұрын
I used to spend time at my grandma's and get lost in the Sears catalog picking out what I wanted.
@krisrhood21273 жыл бұрын
Whenever my tech broke down I would take it to Radio Shack to get it fixed. Many times they just showed me how to fix it
@Liz197916 жыл бұрын
Those were the days. If ever such a thing as history being able to repeat itself, please let it repeat the 70s and 80s! Good times we had the best of everything then....including childhoods. :-)
@LucasFernandez-fk8se5 жыл бұрын
Liz 79 why the 70s and 80s? All the buildings/cars/ people then were ugly. It was 2 decades where everything and everyone was ugly so why not the 50s-60s or 90s and 2000s ?
@Marco-fi6gv5 жыл бұрын
So true. Those were the days!
@heretohear86625 жыл бұрын
I kind of have to agree with you. @@LucasFernandez-fk8se
@Liz197915 жыл бұрын
@@LucasFernandez-fk8sefor me it was a fun and happy time with alot of good memories thats why. True the 90s had its good moments also but i think its just a matter of opinion that everyone thinks the decade they grew up in was the best i guess.
@dr.migalitoloveless16515 жыл бұрын
@@LucasFernandez-fk8se The 50s and 60s were the best of times.
@JonathanHallOverAllen2 жыл бұрын
"In the future there will be no malls. Just Amazon and Walmart. You will have everything you want at your fingertips. You will be able to watch any movie ever made and every song. You will hate all of it. Every time humans make progress, humans get more depressed." said the time traveler from 2022 to 1985.
@KEICRUMBIE5 жыл бұрын
When we didn't have to worry about shootings. This is hard for me to watch because I miss the 80s so much.
@jonatanfranco31225 жыл бұрын
Me too. The best of times
@Polarcupcheck3 жыл бұрын
We still had kidnappings. Outrunning kidnappers was part of the fun.
@rsprockets78463 жыл бұрын
Our mall opened 50 yrs ago and first week had over 60 cars stolen
@heavysystemsinc.3 жыл бұрын
Overall crime was higher in the 80s. And we still had mass shootings. I think you just miss malls like the rest of us.
@lloydkline69463 жыл бұрын
I miss hangout at the malls, it had everything, restaurants, nice stores, but very expensive to maintain, walmart. Mejer is cheaper to shop
@blazerbobcat6 жыл бұрын
A true slice of (North) Americana that's slowly, surely, and sadly, fading away. Thanks for sharing.
@FredFlix6 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, blazerbobcat.
@nachobuttmug89705 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't call it sad. Malls are terrible.
@slimpickens74805 жыл бұрын
@@nachobuttmug8970 Malls were fun before rap music came out.
@nachobuttmug89705 жыл бұрын
@@slimpickens7480 Malls were sterile, fake, and helped to destroy down towns. They were disgusting.
@nachobuttmug89703 жыл бұрын
@silent sir Downtowns are so much nicer than fake ass malls, which are dying faster than downtowns, which are only dying cuz of covid.
@jettcarlburg3566 жыл бұрын
"Disco Pants and Haircuts." "Baby Clothes." "This place has got everything!"
@kellyweingart36925 жыл бұрын
lol
@leslieandrews61655 жыл бұрын
Jett Carlburg lol!
@Chris-ei2rq5 жыл бұрын
Jett Carlburg yeah and the new Oldsmobile’s came in early this year
@higgy045 жыл бұрын
‘They broke my watch.’
@Nick_Nightingale5 жыл бұрын
I need my disco pants!
@bethanieboo9625 жыл бұрын
Man, I miss the mall days of the 80’s. It was the place to be! No trouble, just kids hanging out n having fun for the day with friends.
@bifftannen20623 жыл бұрын
Indoor Malls are a thing of the past. The concourses are too expensive to keep heated and airconditioned, something outdoor strip malls don't have to deal with. I miss the 80's mall scene. Fun, Arcades, movie theaters. Good times.
@bardolinomichele87456 жыл бұрын
Orange Julius rocks!
@kevincampbell57855 жыл бұрын
I loved those!
@gummieworms39095 жыл бұрын
Yes it did😍
@mainecoon65144 жыл бұрын
Oh, how I loved Orange Julius and Mrs. Fields.
@elvicare354 жыл бұрын
Love it!!!!!!!!
@rsprockets78463 жыл бұрын
Space port video. Games
@zoesdada89235 жыл бұрын
God I miss the eighties.
@cbsteffen3 жыл бұрын
Well, you can’t literally go back in time and stay in the past until the day you die. You have to make the best of the present because it’s the only time you have with you. Keep listening to me, and you should learn to accept the era you’re supposed to live in!
@melissaann14013 жыл бұрын
Every day I miss it more and more
@melissaann14013 жыл бұрын
@@cbsteffen I'll never accept this piece of 💩 era of today.
@jtmoore6622 жыл бұрын
Growing up as a kid in the 80s, whenever my bday or my brothers came around, we requested to go to the mall. We lived an hour away from the nearest mall and we would spend all day there.
@TheSsbcandidates Жыл бұрын
LOL I envy you. Mine was further away from home.
@hunterleach5710 Жыл бұрын
You wouldn't normally hear this from a 13-year-old but I believe 70s and 80s was actually a better time to hang out and plus there's less restrictions back then, and if there was a time machine I would definitely travel to the late seventies and the '80s
@heidifedor6 жыл бұрын
Malls killed downtown areas, and the internet killed the malls.
@keymaster77986 жыл бұрын
Heidi Fedor And video killed the radio star.. ;)
@erikhertzer84346 жыл бұрын
MD Paul ...in my mind and in my car...
@heidifedor6 жыл бұрын
Erik Hertzer We can’t rewind, we’ve gone too far.
@TooCooFoYou6 жыл бұрын
Pictures came and broke your heart.
@heidifedor6 жыл бұрын
TooCooFoYou Put the blame on VCR’s!
@MaxStax16 жыл бұрын
Never thought I'd see the day when Sears stores would be shutting down.
@annapaulikonis24336 жыл бұрын
max stax now the malls are deader than a doornail thanks to online shopping.
@FredFlix6 жыл бұрын
Roebuk is saying "We told you so."
@watershed446 жыл бұрын
Anna Paulikonis Many malls are also having problems with crime and unruly teens. This is doing far more damage than on line shopping, many people want to go to B&M stores to put their hands on the merchandise and shop, but are afraid of criminals. Especially women that have always been the majority of shoppers at malls.
@snugbug50676 жыл бұрын
max stax really ! Montgomery Wards and Sears, and the catalog looking before Christmas with Uncles !! 😊 so long ago.
@franciscodanconia456 жыл бұрын
+max stax Growing up, everything in the house came from Sears. Dad's tools, tires, my toughskins, every appliance in the kitchen, mom's clothes, the fence around the backyard. I asked my dad why once, and he said "just about everything comes and goes, but Sears Roebuck will always be there in case anything breaks. They stand by everything they sell." Well, the old man went the way of all things in '92, and now it looks like Sears is headed in the same direction, but I will say that I still have a garage full of some of the best socket wrenches ever made.
@yanniwang5 жыл бұрын
So amazing. I live for this nostalgia as a dead mall crazed millennial
@karenderuyter25683 жыл бұрын
I live for this nostalgia too because I lived it as a 1970’s kid😎 It was great!!
@prettybaked89303 жыл бұрын
Look up the dead mall series. You'd enjoy it!
@paisleyprincess79962 жыл бұрын
I cry for the dead mall…as a formally dead-mall shopping Gen Xr
@analogtvxperience3043 Жыл бұрын
I can't believe that most of the malls in this video are still operating. I'm actually glad that they are. I hope malls never go away.
@myleshagar9722 Жыл бұрын
The brand new high rise malls are packed and are not going away, in China.
@mariebelladonna4377 ай бұрын
I've seen several of the malls in this video in other videos, about dead malls, unfortunately. I remember one about Colombia Mall, in particular.
@elifoust76646 жыл бұрын
Defined a Christmas atmosphere...for real
@elmobolan42743 жыл бұрын
I like saying "Bon Marche" sounds so fancy...
@jessicalynn54745 жыл бұрын
I have awesome memories from the 90’s too! My mom would take us to the mall and we’d be there for hours buying frivolous things. Afterward we’d go to friendly’s for ice cream and when we got home I had to take all the bags and run upstairs so my dad didn’t see. Loved those days spending time with her
@EdsterIII2 жыл бұрын
Malls back in the 70's were the place for a kid. Especially during the Christmas🎄holidays.🎄 Christmas decorations, 🎅🤶Santa Claus🎅🤶 had his little "hut", and kids could come and ask for the newest toy, bike, game, whatever. Waiting to see Santa was always so fun. The anticipation, the joy, and the ambience was like no other. It was truly a wonderful time to be a child. Also the JC Penny's Christmas Catalog 🎄 was ALWAYS, ALWAYS A HUGE EVENT. Same with the Sears Wish Book as well. I can remember getting both of them, going to my room, 📺TV📺off. No distractions! I crawled into bed and started from page one, and I didn't stop till I was completely done! Then I'd start the other book. Then once I finished that one, I'd start over. Those days will never ever be matched I'm anticipation, ambience, the feelings of love and family, and the 🎄Christmas🎄Spirit! Then church with Grandma and Grandpa. 🍽🍽🍽🍽🍽An epic🎄Christmas🎄Holiday 🍽Dinner!🍽 Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, and me. It was a small family but we were close. I miss those days so much. Again the love and the spirit we felt was so unique, so special, and I loved every second of it. The city transformed into a winter wonderland! In West Allis we had a entire city block that would turn their neighborhood into a Gigantic, Massive, HUGE Christmas city.🎄🎄🏡🎄🎄🎄🏠🎄🎄🎄🏡🎄🎄🎄🏘🎄🎄🎄🏠🎄Christmas Trees🎄🎄🎄🏡🎄🎄🎄🏠🎄🎄🏡🎄🎄🎄🎄🏠🎄🎄🎄🎄🏡🎄🎄🎄🎄🏠🎄Christmas🎄Decorations were everywhere. Every 🏡🏠Home🏡🏠had crazy amounts of lights, decorations, and Santa🎅🤶🧑🎄Clauses everywhere. On the rooftops, front yards, everywhere. It was beautiful. Planes overhead said they could see the decorations and lights when they came into the Airport. It was truly an experience you'd never ever forget. The name of the town again is West Allis, Wisconsin. The name of the "event" or the place is "🍭Candy🍫Cane🍭Lane🍬" Again it's well worth the look! How To Find It. Candy Cane Lane is in West Allis, Wisconsin, from Montana Avenue on the north to Oklahoma Avenue on the south, and from 96th Street on the west, to 92nd Street on the east.
@donaldpaluga6 жыл бұрын
LET'S GO TO THE MALL, EVERYBODY!-Robin Sparkles
@LauraCordes5 жыл бұрын
The bargain basement Muppets were my favorite part of this montage.
@SigHawk045 жыл бұрын
The fox actually sounds like Jim Henson.
@jimcarter66694 жыл бұрын
Who remembers the Ferrell's ice cream store where they banged a big drum if you pigged out on the trough or had a birthday? Really great Sundaes!
@Pretzelgal3 жыл бұрын
Farrell's was the best!
@danieldaniels75713 жыл бұрын
I remember. The one in Metrocenter in Phoenix was awesome and overlooked the ice skating rink.
@cynthiacollins28323 жыл бұрын
Notice the Sunday hours, I can remember when stores were closed on Sunday but changed to opening at noon or 1p.m.
@cynthiacollins28323 жыл бұрын
@Leon Vernon Andrews I remember malls closed at 6p.m. on Sunday's too.You only had about 5 hours to shop.Thinking of places that are closed on Sunday's all day now are like Chick-fil-A and Hobby Lobby because of their christian faith.
@EinReiseTagebuch3 жыл бұрын
In Germany all Stores are closed on Sundays.
@MarkT9232 жыл бұрын
I remember malls back in the 80s used to be something fun as a young kid. Orange Julius, Kay-Bee Toys, and other stores that are long gone (Mervyn's, Montgomery Ward, Emporium). I miss the water fountains inside the malls that we used to go to, along with the 80s lighting. Even going into shoe stores and clothing stores with my parents, grandparents, and family members was fun even though I knew it wasn't a kid's store. The dark feel like the SeaTac clip at 8:16 to me was cool as a kid, and looking back now, I really do miss those times. Malls back then were almost like family functions. Now, malls have lost that feeling. My daughter that is 6 doesn't find joy going to the mall like I did when I was her age. I understand progression and technology and have a huge appreciation for both, but I think it's just that time flew by so quick that the changes we see today feel like it all happened quickly. Makes me appreciate time and enjoy living in the moment because one day we'll be looking back at this moment thinking how things changed again, and how we miss this time. I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying these mall videos as much as I am
@jacquelinejones86815 жыл бұрын
Sing it with me!!!!!! *yorkdaaaaale* These jingles will be stuck in my head all day.
@Mii.2.03 жыл бұрын
*Y O R K D Å À Á Â Ã Æ L E*
@Lightsngear3 жыл бұрын
I used to go to Yorkdale with my parents in the late 60's!
@KadeSutherland3 жыл бұрын
That jingle is ahead of 1982.
@lordwalker712 жыл бұрын
And now we’ve gone back to having these shopping areas where you have to drive from store to store.
@APizzle905 жыл бұрын
“Hi everyone. This is Dan Bell and welcome to the dead mall series.”
@DwightLivesMatter3 жыл бұрын
LOL.
@LONEWOLFNOCLUB6 жыл бұрын
Man I miss the good old days thanks Fred good times.
@bingotheone-eyedwondercat62296 жыл бұрын
Malls used to be where teens could hang out. Now, many malls won't let kids under 16 hang out without adult supervision. Younger teens can't roam the malls without their parents by their side. Alot of malls will ask for ID from teens. Definately not like it used to be. Nowadays, more and more malls are closing up bc of the availability of online shopping. A sad ending to a great era...
@KrysDlite5 жыл бұрын
Time Bandit Exactly! Parents used to discipline their kids and therefore they knew how to act. Now parents want to be best buds with their kid and it’s not doing anyone any favors.
@SuV333585 жыл бұрын
Ikr.. our parents would drop us off for hours at the mall. We'd smoke cigs and look cool with our feathered hair.....good times!
@mainecoon65144 жыл бұрын
The mall near us is dead. Sears just bellied up. Like someone else mentioned, they just sell clothes and shoes. Nothing to attract customers anymore. It was so different during the 70's and 80's where malls had variety and something for everyone. Food courts had a variety of eating places, too.
@KevinBalch-dt8ot4 жыл бұрын
“Teens” has a much different meaning today. That’s why they are also termed “justice-involved youths”.
@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr28233 жыл бұрын
@@KrysDlite I heard a kid tell his mother F something. I couldn't believe it! I've seen these spoiled brats slap her, too. This is why I have dogs.
@itsdefinitelytrue76003 жыл бұрын
In 2021 everyone is social distancing😷 and I feel that everyone wishes things could just go back to normal where we could just go into a food place and eat🙏
@starlitzone3 жыл бұрын
I'm not social distancing or living in fear.
@chelseagirl2783 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately it will be a long time until this happens 😔
@bleeneo1013 жыл бұрын
I do wish that
@bleeneo1013 жыл бұрын
@@starlitzone selfish moron
@alex-vd4vm3 жыл бұрын
@@starlitzone good luck with the virus moron
@mikemoyle5275 жыл бұрын
I truly believe that in ten years all malls will be gone.
@ryoushii5 жыл бұрын
James Currie that’s because your government doesn’t let that autistic psychopath Bezos undersell his shit in Canada. You’ve always taxed the internet assholes, so they have to compete fairly.
@ALCRAN20106 жыл бұрын
Toys R Us. RIP
@kellyweingart36925 жыл бұрын
Sears RIP
@davegoodwin18485 жыл бұрын
KayBee Toys R.I.P.
@lindsayleborgne28975 жыл бұрын
Toys r Us still open in Montreal
@stephenhargrave79225 жыл бұрын
@i h8 people. actually toys r us is still open in the us. They were going to file for auction but instead changed ownership. Still open tho
@eclecticreader9615 жыл бұрын
Toys R Us was nice to walk through. Their merchandise was always expensive. They use to charge ten dollars for a small pack of a Lego starter kit. On Ebay, a starter pack can be found for $0.50 plus free shipping.
@geoboe846 жыл бұрын
These commercials are so overboard retro, it's like they're parodies of the era.
@clubhouseme5 жыл бұрын
you're describing all advertising right there
@duane_3135 жыл бұрын
@Pamela you people sound nuts! Gays and tattoos destroyed malls? Huh? Get over yourseof. So ignorant 👎😒
@scott12xu5 жыл бұрын
duane dogsdayout it’s like the alt-right incels found a place to converge. Talk about butthurt whiteys.
@a1475 жыл бұрын
@@KO-eu6jv Lmao sounds like you need to get off your high horse and make some friends lest you want to become a future m'lady neckbeard, kiddo. Being that pompous about "the good old days" isn't much different than the radicalized holier-than-thou SJW that you probably hate. And yikes @Pamela, if you really equate being gay with being an over the top parody you should learn to distinguish crazy foxkin Tumblr kids with normal people just liking the same gender. What harm does that do you?
@kanedamikami77715 жыл бұрын
@@scott12xu whitey is like saying blackey don't steep to that low level of racism.
@beezertwelvewashingbeard87035 жыл бұрын
2:56 Nowadays the maintenance worker would be spending 25 years behind bars.
@Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush5 жыл бұрын
Lmaooooo
@goliathsinatra29123 жыл бұрын
Yes especially if he told the kid I have ice cream and puppies in my van.
@prettybaked89303 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly lol
@jenniferr96243 жыл бұрын
Yep. 🤣
@stellarstarshipflyer Жыл бұрын
I worked at so many stores in the mall growing up, (it is still a pretty popular place to go for a lot of people where I live) and I can tell you there is nothing like walking through the empty mall in the morning during Christmas time with all the decorations and music...it's like you're in another world and was totally my favorite part about working there.
@nonaubidnis78805 жыл бұрын
From back when there was a middle class.
@mereb295 жыл бұрын
Nona Ubidnis exactly
@MrMferg2405 жыл бұрын
back when there was class.
@basitk124 жыл бұрын
Nona Ubidnis exactly
@angusseletto15113 жыл бұрын
So what is there now?
@angusseletto15113 жыл бұрын
So what is there now?
@vipulsood35553 жыл бұрын
Am so glad I am an 80s kid! Have seen the good days when life was simple and now its chaotic, crazy! And that's why our generation want those days back! We could breathe easy!
@NYKgjl103 жыл бұрын
Back when we can actually socialize with people without getting uptight and enjoy a wonderful day at the shopping mall getting a good walking exercise and buy stuff till we drop. I'm glad I grew up in the 80's time era.
@nellgrill38453 жыл бұрын
Still missing Sears! K-marts !!!
@teresazepeda2323 жыл бұрын
I miss sears too. 😞 When I was a kid my mom would take me every year for my birthday to get a new paddington bear in December
@nickmurray70813 жыл бұрын
it was an experience, malls were packed, girls galore, many phone numbers with the little hearts added. it really was a special time.
@juliaerin19385 жыл бұрын
This video makes me feel like I actually lived in the 70s/80s
@annettevillain43525 жыл бұрын
Exactly like I remember the 70's & 80's fuzzy & blurry
@springboard19945 жыл бұрын
Annette Jac, 😆😂😂😂 ... With bad sound 😂
@liberalbias44625 жыл бұрын
Were you on drugs?
@wms16504 жыл бұрын
@@liberalbias4462 Most 18 - 35 people in mid 1970s recreationally used pot and speed. Weekends were high, laid-back and fast. A time before terrible drugs.
@roachtoasties4 жыл бұрын
Before HDTV. How we're now spoiled.
@W2mNm3 жыл бұрын
😂😂👍 right! Annette Jac
@shofan703 жыл бұрын
I remember as a teenager getting off the bus with my buddies and walking across the huge parking lot to main mall entrance. I'm 45 now and i miss the feeling of hoping the girl i had a crush on was there. Getting dressed up and trying to look cool. Kids today have no idea.
@jeffyjohn56736 жыл бұрын
I worked at Montgomery Wards in 1984..They heyday of malling.
@kevincampbell57855 жыл бұрын
I hung out near Montgomery Wards in 1984. Teen hanging at the mall, but I would rarely go into the anchor stores.
@douglasghiz12875 жыл бұрын
I heard of Montgomery Ward. What year did it go out of business?
@douglasghiz12875 жыл бұрын
@@ArkOmen1 A mall that's gone banana's, that is for sure.
@ryoushii5 жыл бұрын
ArkOmen1 yeah that’s what my parents called it. We went to the Midway Store in St Paul, MN, at the corner of University and Snelling. They closed about 1989 I believe and tore down the building a couple of years later. They’re building a professional soccer stadium on the property now.
@johnellizz5 жыл бұрын
The Mandela Effect has changed it to Montgomery Ward without the 's'.
@TexasDog36 жыл бұрын
Damn! I miss the 70s and 80s!!
@hankaustin70916 жыл бұрын
Trust me TexasDog3.. you're not the only one!
@willg48026 жыл бұрын
TexasDog3 yep, whites still ran things then.
@tichdaddy16 жыл бұрын
Me too TexasDog3, me too :)
@GrandPunkTrainwreck6 жыл бұрын
Right there with you, TexasDog3. One of these days, I'm gonna get that time machine built...
@tichdaddy16 жыл бұрын
I'll take a ticket to ride!
@angusseletto15113 жыл бұрын
Problem is most people that miss the Malls are the same ones that shop online
@Thesaltymedic363 жыл бұрын
Our local mall became unsafe. Then the anchor stores closed. I’m surprised it’s still open.
@nataleeisjustchilling27373 жыл бұрын
There actually is still one mall in my area that’s huge and super crowded and I think it’s one of the top 10 biggest malls in America but there are also two dead malls in our area with one having no stores at all and the other having a few stores, two food places, an arcade, and a movie theater but that’s it
@alex-vd4vm3 жыл бұрын
i mean, with the pandemic going crazy still (especially in america) people would rather not risk getting the virus! otherwise malls in my country are packed forever!!
@dodgeguyz3 жыл бұрын
SonicGirlZ Sounds like your talking out Woodfieled mall. The only mall still surviving....very well. I think he other 2 are Stratford and Charlestown.
@integillentguy77353 жыл бұрын
not me
@nicolewright53422 жыл бұрын
Going to the mall as a kid was an amazing experience...now as an adult I avoid them at all cost! Such a simpler time back then. Thanks for taking me back Fred!! ❤️❤️
@johneason65406 жыл бұрын
As a guy, the mall had girls. So a great place to hang out for me in the seventies.
@craigyoung41563 жыл бұрын
Same thing in the 80s too go to the mall on Friday nights hang with friends check out the good looking girls Those were the times Today malls are dying people are buying online.and there are hardly any stores
@DukeCannon3 жыл бұрын
Wow! I watched like, a minute of this video, I swear I could "smell" the mall. They all had that smell. Not bad, just "mall smell"
@ultragroove1 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely. That’s what strikes me most, how the mall smells bring memories in detail. From just opening the first glass doors, with that cold rush of air especially in the summer. Then Hickory farms, Orange Julius, are more obvious. But radio shack had its scent. Spencer gifts had a very unique smell! KB Toy store smelled like rubber bouncy balls and plastic models. The electric race car tracks - aurora? Whatever the mall smell was, I miss it!
@johnmitchell47693 жыл бұрын
Loved hanging at Lechmere at the Liberty Tree Mall in Danvers,MA. The mall was such a hub of social life back in the day. Lord how I miss the 80’s!
@wisdomist21445 жыл бұрын
The bills for heating and air conditioning a mall are enormous; so investors found it more cost effective to build shopping centers instead. But, malls are missed especially by people for whom the mall was a great free place to take an exercise walk during any kind of weather.
@AmosPressley5 жыл бұрын
Malls were hot stuff back then. I don't think the internet was as much responsible for their death as the fact that gangs and thugs started using them as a hangout. Some malls in certain sections of town here are like ghost towns now. really tragic.
@Klng5hlt4 жыл бұрын
i never realized that until i had a gf that worked at the mall, a lot of stealing & shit goes down
@AmosPressley3 жыл бұрын
@unarmed blackman Tell that to the leaders of the black community who make their living by stirring up anger, and benefiting from the result. Booker T. Washington described their type well, as like a doctor that doesn't WANT his patient to get well. So yeah... the black kids are going to be angry as long as they are being raised to be angry.
@johnpitzer55006 жыл бұрын
Thats when stores in a mall would carry different items in one place, now all they sell is shoes and women clothes. The variety died in the stores, and thats why people don't go to them, that goes for all the stores.
@srabchun5 жыл бұрын
So true. I wanted some decent quality winter gear. I figured I’d go to Eddie Bauer. I hadn’t been to one in years. I was so disappointed. Because 97% of the store was now woman’s clothing. The men’s selection consisted of two racks. Some backpacks and a tent. 😕
@summerrose42863 жыл бұрын
They all sell nike and women's leggings. Boooorrrriiiinnnggg.
@scottonasch88195 жыл бұрын
These were great. I wonder how many of these places are actually still functioning. The more years go by the more I've grown to appreciate the privilege to have lived through so much of this. Not that we didn't appreciate it then, just no one ever considered it wouldn't always and forever be just as it was.
@lindagoreham22383 жыл бұрын
This was nicely done! Thank you for making my memories of the malls so special!
@rhiannancaraway5 жыл бұрын
Well this hurt my heart more than expected 😕
@DigitalPraise73 жыл бұрын
I know. The memories.
@coolcat61033 жыл бұрын
Same, I’m in bits at what we’ve lost! The life we swapped for this!
@bobkay50882 жыл бұрын
As tacky as most of these ads are, it was great to see them again (but, only once please!!) The great thing about internet video, is that without it, stuff like this, and other time-capsule material would be buried forever in some vault or archive...and few people, if any, would have access to it. I've often wondered how they go about digging up this type of material and what channels they have to go through.
@CharlieJohnson9633 жыл бұрын
I love going to the malls when I was a teenager. Meet up with friends and hang out at the Arcades and people watch
@adrianajimenez43423 жыл бұрын
Growing up as a kid in the 80s was the best!!!
@cymoncyrado28796 жыл бұрын
First mall I ever stepped into was the Cherry Hill Mall, Christmas shopping 1966, I was seven years old.
@brettmiddleton79496 жыл бұрын
Howdy, neighbor. Moorestown Mall for me, a couple of years earlier than that.
@cheewawa40656 жыл бұрын
In New Jersey? That was one of my teen hangout spots in the 1980s.
@gregggoss22106 жыл бұрын
Cymon Cyrado , you must be local. Cherry Hill and Moorestown malls we're the ones I was at when I was younger. Do you remember the animal cages in the C.H. mall? I know there were birds in them. I seem to remember maybe monkeys too. And the liquor store in there too. Later, after they built the Deptford and the Echelon malls we would hang out there.
@brettmiddleton79496 жыл бұрын
Animal cage in the Moorestown Mall as well, along with ducks in the pond running down the center of the mall on the Gimbels side. And the huge fountain outside Wanamakers that jokers kept throwing soap flakes into.
@cymoncyrado28796 жыл бұрын
Gregg Goss: not too local. I was conceived in Levittown, born in Princeton and raised in New Hope, Pa. I guess my folks like road trips.
@sherylbenkosky53586 жыл бұрын
Malls were so much more fun than Amazon will ever be. Those who buy mostly from Amazon should beware- they are saving a few bucks now but will pay more in the long run when community stores and the jobs they create are no more.
@teflonmagnet5 жыл бұрын
Sheryl Benkosky I’m as much of a nostalgia-junky as anyone here, but being able to shop online is the greatest thing since...well, ever. Whatever is lost by dying malls is more than made up for with all the advantages of having the shopping world at your fingertips. Think of all the time saved.
@joekerr17635 жыл бұрын
That is until Amazon decides to build a bunch of stores in every local sector to cut warehouse and shipping fees. The capitalist cycle repeats itself.
@lisagibson29755 жыл бұрын
almost everything I see on Amazon (and walmart) is shipped from China. with a mall, I could look, try on and feel the items to see if they fit or if it's worth it. Also, just window shopping was the best,esp around Christmas.
@teflonmagnet5 жыл бұрын
Lisa Gibson, definitely, and you can still window-shop, but for many of us (no longer as ambulatory) it’s a hyuuuge convenience, a game-changer. I prefer the town center shops, to the mega indoor malls, in warm weather areas.
@rays74375 жыл бұрын
It's no different than all the catalog shopping people used to do. Customer service is a lost art for the most part, I hate going to stores
@laurafenn2975 жыл бұрын
Is it weird that I feel nostalgic for a time when adults had smokers’ voices?
@keetahbrough3 жыл бұрын
I do. But I actually smoke so offended most everyone. They’re gonna make Ontario Canada completely smoke free. They’re not big on freedom around here.
@mikeb86744 жыл бұрын
The accents in the Menlo Park ad! Can confirm firsthand. Of course there's neither the Bamberger's nor the Alexander's any more, and they tore out the old fountain about five years ago.
@shaneiamarcelin99506 жыл бұрын
One of the malls I frequented as a child is virtually empty now. I remember in the 90’s and early 2000’s my mom would give us our Christmas money and we’d have a ball. A ton of the stores are just empty storefronts now ☹️
@brettshepherd52406 жыл бұрын
The mall was so fun back then
@MsTinkerbelle873 жыл бұрын
The mall I grew up in is officially gone, it’s now an outside shopping mall 💔 These are lovely!
@gaae20003 жыл бұрын
we need to go back and feel!
@pip121116 жыл бұрын
My local mall took out the arcade,and fountains. Bummer
@kaiyugi6 жыл бұрын
Kevin Pippin same here
@airaero54735 жыл бұрын
Kevin Pippin My mall also had an arcade fountains and even a movie theater, which are all gone and replaced with cookie cutter, white washed modern generic
@DerKommercial20085 жыл бұрын
My mall has an arcade... FULL OF PHONE GAMES ON GIANT TOUCHSCREENS. Only FIVE DOLLARS to play, too. Thank goodness for MAME and other arcade emulators.
@newdamage59455 жыл бұрын
Yeah when the arcades all disappeared from my area malls in the early 2000s it was sad. And they did take out most fountains too.
@michaelc92173 жыл бұрын
@@DerKommercial2008 That's why I bought video games for my home arcade. Over 30 of them now
@1beerman6 жыл бұрын
Our Sandburg Mall in Galesburg is down to two stores. I grew up with going to the mall in the 70s and 80s. Very different time for sure. Sad to see them go. Was a fun time
@snugbug50676 жыл бұрын
K willis just 2 lonely stores, that sounds so sad 😞
@Khloe_dancer_model6 жыл бұрын
K willis wow,only TWO,omg
@wendysuecapps51146 жыл бұрын
K willis I used to go there!! I loved the t-shirt store on the corner. If i remember, the theatre was just down the hall from there, towards the door. Spencers, too!!
@relaxcat41095 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Maquon just down 97!! I loved going to the sandburg mall with my grandma and grandpa. They loved eating at McDonald’s!!
@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr28233 жыл бұрын
Film what's left...
@Prickly_Cactus_19933 жыл бұрын
I often wish to have grown up in this time, my parents were youths in in this time and its sounds like a great time to be young.
@lindahollander35883 жыл бұрын
It was
@supersmashmaster433 жыл бұрын
My mom was born in 69 so her childhood and teen years were in the 80s and she always loves reminiscing. I myself love 80s movies and music so I can imagine it was a fun careless time to be growing up in.
@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz3 жыл бұрын
Back in a beautiful better time of life the world. I don’t know what the hell it is now. Sad
@noemistephanie936 жыл бұрын
Wow it's crazy how much malls have changed! It seemed like they had more to offer back then. I also noticed that they don't show mall commercials anymore!
@jeenkzk59196 жыл бұрын
The Irving Mall is still nearby but it's a shadow of its former self. It just has the mom and pop places now with acception of a Dillards clearance store and a Macy's. I remember in the early 80s there was an arcade and a three screen cinema on one side. The rest were on the other side. Oh, and an Orange Julius stand!
@tx750616 жыл бұрын
Jeenkz K I grew up in Irving and remember the arcade and Orange Julius stand too. The AMC Theater is the only reason I still go there from time to time.
@TheWardog13696 жыл бұрын
Jeenkz K if your talking about the Irving mall in Irving tx, I remember a damn cinema next to the mall turned into a gym in the late 90s,. Nice theater, then they put one into the mall. I don't get why there were so many in DFW.
@faith2xxx5 жыл бұрын
I used to love going to Irving Mall. We would go and just walk around.
@PoseurGoth5 жыл бұрын
The mom and pop stores were what kept me going back to the mall for a long time where I live. After Hot Topic shut down, despite being the busiest store in the entire mall, there was one little punk/hippie shop left that would occasionally get something kind of cool. And the food court doesn't have any chains anymore, aside from some cookie shop, and maybe an Annie's Pretzels. What has moved in has been generally excellent. And when the Walden-Books closed, a pretty good hobby shop moved in to replace it, holding meetups for people with different interests.
@joestewart89143 жыл бұрын
To even attempt to build some of these malls now would cost over $5 billion. These were built to out-do the fancy department stores downtown and they were truly astounding. I remember the first mall I visited which was one of the first ever built. It had a ridiculously extravagant 50-foot-high 360-degree slow-motion waterfall built with hundreds of fiber guideways. Amazing, amazing, amazing. Exotic tropical plants and trees in the middle of winter. What?
@MuerteMorrison5 жыл бұрын
We can't have a treasure hunt in this decade the mall would be at gun point, man the 70s/80s such a innocent and civilized time