tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782626612277999475.post926007228604492..comments2024-01-27T18:11:21.373-05:00Comments on Eco 'Burban: Is the Mall Dead?EcoBurbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931648017376435556noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782626612277999475.post-33069099618669581872008-11-16T00:09:00.000-05:002008-11-16T00:09:00.000-05:00Our local Mall has pretty much died here as well a...Our local Mall has pretty much died here as well and is being replaced by a new Costco. I also loath shopping malls. However, a mile or so the other way another HUGE upscale mall just opened this week on yet another area of what was pristine desert. Ridiculous to pretty much close one down only to build another. I am afraid that says so much about Phoenix and it's surrounding suburbs. :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782626612277999475.post-10722536344977465452008-11-14T12:46:00.000-05:002008-11-14T12:46:00.000-05:00We had the best strip mall ever here a few years a...We had the best strip mall ever here a few years ago - a laundromat, a hardware store, a JoAnn fabric, a big thrift store, two awesome local restaurants, a liquor store, and the ReUse Center, a nonprofit that sells reclaimed building supplies. Plus it was on two good bus lines, across the street from my YWCA, and near a Target/grocery store combo.<BR/><BR/>The hardware store owner retired and the fabric store closed and the ReUse Center moved down the block and my favorite restaurant went belly-up :( But they opened and Aldi and the big thrift store is still there, and now there's a light rail stop and some condos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782626612277999475.post-49092243947987237692008-11-14T00:54:00.000-05:002008-11-14T00:54:00.000-05:00I hate the mall and haven't been for years, beside...I hate the mall and haven't been for years, besides a rare movie. And those kiosks in the middle where people attack you so that you can't even walk by without being harassed keeps me from ever wanting to go back.Anderson Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956655819836950423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782626612277999475.post-66246755799789678852008-11-13T15:39:00.000-05:002008-11-13T15:39:00.000-05:00Joyce took the words right out of my mouth.Joyce took the words right out of my mouth.Crunchy Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782626612277999475.post-77898303718249568482008-11-13T14:28:00.000-05:002008-11-13T14:28:00.000-05:00R.I.P. the mall.Or not. Ours is going strong still...R.I.P. the mall.<BR/><BR/>Or not. Ours is going strong still. Annoyingly so. I wonder if, as Joyce suggests, its the online thing that is taking more of a toll than people suddenly becoming enlightened on the consumer front. I will say that the pickings have been a bit slimmer at my thrift store. I'm suspecting it's the economy more than anything.Green Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133847111288382381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782626612277999475.post-34455160984741779572008-11-13T13:19:00.000-05:002008-11-13T13:19:00.000-05:00Ours still seems to be going strong here, but I wo...Ours still seems to be going strong here, but I wonder if buying on-line is changing the whole shopping thing?Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10463831506588682774noreply@blogger.com