During the 90's Time magazine pointed out that even the staunchest lefty was pro capitalism. There were greenies eating caviar openly. Then the dotcom bubble made it even bigger. It seemed like money was everywhere.
The left on the USA said it was because left leaning Bill Clinton was in charge, and that he personally led the world to economic freedom. This created a really weird economic problem because a lot of baby boomers wanted it all for themselves. I had a mall near my highschool try to kick out all the teens, and only go for the upper class. The building and owner are still there, but the mall isn't. If you ever wanted to study money laundering, just go to Yakima and talk to people.
Seattle has tried to have the 90's feel, but it gets really weird. Imagine the city spending $30,000 on a street mural by graffiti artists. They're all over the city and paid for. The evil clown arcade had to move because the building was torn down for another skyscraper no one will use.
It's the left not understanding how the 90's actually happened.
This created a really weird economic problem because a lot of baby boomers wanted it all for themselves. I had a mall near my highschool try to kick out all the teens, and only go for the upper class.
Somehow mentioning this as a reason for malls dying gets me a lot of glares.
We were actually told in Higschool by our teachers to not go there at all. The problem was all the places to hang out were like that. There was a bakery that had a sign that said no students from my highschool were allowed at all. They defeated themselves, and we were blamed for it.
Malls in general are hard to watch die. The primary shopper is middle aged women, but the secondary are geeks. I know of a mall in Spokane that is alive and well because of the geek shops in it. The comic shop is the most frequented place in the entire mall. Likewise, I knew the mall from highschool was dead, because the Software Ect was now in a different spot in a completely different area.
You know what's funny about those geek shops? They were often the only ones that didnt have the attitude of 'spend or leave' towards their customers. Small wonder it was the place I most often saw the people browsing fixing displays or even outright helping eith stocking.
During the 90's Time magazine pointed out that even the staunchest lefty was pro capitalism. There were greenies eating caviar openly. Then the dotcom bubble made it even bigger. It seemed like money was everywhere.
The left on the USA said it was because left leaning Bill Clinton was in charge, and that he personally led the world to economic freedom. This created a really weird economic problem because a lot of baby boomers wanted it all for themselves. I had a mall near my highschool try to kick out all the teens, and only go for the upper class. The building and owner are still there, but the mall isn't. If you ever wanted to study money laundering, just go to Yakima and talk to people.
Seattle has tried to have the 90's feel, but it gets really weird. Imagine the city spending $30,000 on a street mural by graffiti artists. They're all over the city and paid for. The evil clown arcade had to move because the building was torn down for another skyscraper no one will use.
It's the left not understanding how the 90's actually happened.
Somehow mentioning this as a reason for malls dying gets me a lot of glares.
We were actually told in Higschool by our teachers to not go there at all. The problem was all the places to hang out were like that. There was a bakery that had a sign that said no students from my highschool were allowed at all. They defeated themselves, and we were blamed for it.
Malls in general are hard to watch die. The primary shopper is middle aged women, but the secondary are geeks. I know of a mall in Spokane that is alive and well because of the geek shops in it. The comic shop is the most frequented place in the entire mall. Likewise, I knew the mall from highschool was dead, because the Software Ect was now in a different spot in a completely different area.
You know what's funny about those geek shops? They were often the only ones that didnt have the attitude of 'spend or leave' towards their customers. Small wonder it was the place I most often saw the people browsing fixing displays or even outright helping eith stocking.
It helps that everyone wants to work at a shop like that. You can tell the gamers from the airheads at gamestop pretty easily.