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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Hated going Christmas shopping in the stores. No parking, crowded, having to go to multiple stores looking for things, lines. If you wanted something from a store or other catalog you’d have had to order it several weeks in advance due to shipping and handling times. You were limited to what the stores had generally because there really wasn’t any other way.

People today who didn’t experience the non-online life don’t have a clue how much faster it is to buy things now. I won’t say the variety is a whole lot better, but access to the existing inventory is way better.

[–] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago (5 children)

What do they look like now? Or am I missing the joke? Not American.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 2 points 1 hour ago

Now, mostly undecorated, half the stores closed, and a few old people roaming about. Almost liminal.

[–] 93maddie94@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

We visited one this weekend just a few days before Christmas. Massive parking garages, 3 floors. Almost completely empty. Food court had only 2 places open. Only about 1 in 5 store fronts had anything open. So few people there it almost felt like it was closed and we weren’t supposed to be there. Super weird.

[–] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Sounds great for zombies

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Malls all died out 10-20 years ago with the advent of online shopping. Malls were all at the outskirts of town and their rents kept driving higher and higher, running small local businesses out. As online shopping gained traction, people decided they would rather wait a few days for what they wanted rather than deal with the hassle of driving 45 minutes to the mall for a few things.

[–] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 2 points 2 hours ago

This is local anecdata but of the four main malls near me, only one has turned into a ghost town. The other three have thrived and they are hopping.

[–] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Oh really wow, I never knew!

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

There are replacement "lifestyle centers" and whatnot now, but the iconic mall from the 80's is essentially dead. Most of them only had anchor tenants (Macy's, Kohls, Dillards, Sears, JC Penny's) 15 years ago when i was in highschool, and that trend has not gotten better.

[–] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Lifestyle centers sounds like a lot of marketing speak.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The one near me died and was converted into a community college so at least a positive came out of it

[–] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Oh that's nice!

[–] TheOneAndOnly@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

In the US...If they're one of the ones that have managed to survive... Not much different, honestly. Lots of them are closing or are being piecemeal converted to other businesses, however. So much so that it's a thing we, as a country, point at.

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 4 points 6 hours ago

Looks about the same today with the decorations imo

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

90s.

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure about that.

The style of the gap logo on the storefront suggests this should be no later than 1988, according to the logo history on wikipedia

Kinda weird that - to me here living in 2025 - their original rounded logo as on the store pictured seems honestly way more modern than their actual 90s one, but that's just logo design fashion over time, I guess!

[–] reev@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

They changed their logo for 8 days once??

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago

And the guy responsible was forced to resign. Talk about unpopular!

[–] Zidane@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago

So many memories Christmas shopping in malls with my grandparents/grandfather especially. He may have been a shite father but he was a decent grandfather and I miss him