06-14-2023, 01:04 PM
Malls are more viable in places that have weather. Where there's more extreme hot or cold, or rain or snow, malls do better. Here, not so much. Now it's mostly strip malls that are so vast that you have to drive across the parking lot to get to all the stores you want to shop at.
Like I said, I enjoyed Westside a lot but I didn't buy much there, unless you count the food court. They used to have a Loving Hut there that I frequented, but that died during the pandemic. Now if I go to a screener at Metreon, I'll be hard pressed to find some decent quick eats.
I remember when Vallco was first erected. I went there a lot through high school as it was in walking distance of my folk's home. I drove by it yesterday on the way to Marukai. Now it's just a field, surrounded by cyclone fence. I feel as if I saw the entire life cycle of that mall.
Newpark mall in Fremont was a go to as well. I was there at least once a week for the food court because it was so close to Tiger Claw. I'd grab lunch in the food court and then walk that mall to see what was trending. I keep thinking I should go back for old times sake someday.
Like I said, I enjoyed Westside a lot but I didn't buy much there, unless you count the food court. They used to have a Loving Hut there that I frequented, but that died during the pandemic. Now if I go to a screener at Metreon, I'll be hard pressed to find some decent quick eats.
I remember when Vallco was first erected. I went there a lot through high school as it was in walking distance of my folk's home. I drove by it yesterday on the way to Marukai. Now it's just a field, surrounded by cyclone fence. I feel as if I saw the entire life cycle of that mall.
Newpark mall in Fremont was a go to as well. I was there at least once a week for the food court because it was so close to Tiger Claw. I'd grab lunch in the food court and then walk that mall to see what was trending. I keep thinking I should go back for old times sake someday.
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