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The very first enclosed mall in the USA was Southdale in Minnesota which opened in 1956. Lloyd Center in Portland opened in 1960 and is not the first enclosed US Mall.
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It has been well documented that the traditional enclosed malls anchored by Macy's/JC Penney/Sears etc. have been in decline for quite some time. The Department store is a dying breed and taking the malls down the drain with em.
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Outlet malls are thriving in Texas. Indoor malls are either gone, or are hanging by a thread. With that said, a local one that is still rather active, Barton Creek Square mall, is a hit to the younger generations. Our 17 year old frequently cruised the mall last summer.
Best I can remember, there was a dead guy, bled out, cash strewn about, in a rain soaked parking lot the last time I went to an indoor mall.
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Not just malls here. Grocery stores are folding up with everyone going to the big box type groceries. More people are going out to eat instead of cooking.
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Loudoun Country is the 2nd wealthiest County in US. They are interested in bringing small tech businesses into the country. We always meet the Loudoun County guys at 'One Loudoun', a small town center they made from scratch.  Reston Town Center is the same.
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Last time I went to the mall it felt like I was in a Fellini movie.
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The only mall I go to has the local Apple Store and I only go to that store and the men's clothing store my tailor works through.
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Northgate here in Seattle has it beat by 6 years. Opening date April 21, 1950 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northgate_Mall_(Seattle)
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Mall wars... this could get ugly
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Read the Wiki again, it says that the mall started out as open air and was enclosed in the 70’s I saw a documentary on malls and it was funny to us Minnesotans as the narrator pronounced Edina as E deena not E dine ah.
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oh well, the biggest and best producing on the west coast is still South Coast Plaza at $1.5 BILLION a year
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"This is sad because the Lloyd Mall was the very first enclosed shopping mall in the US." The Lloyd Mall was not the first ENCLOSED mall as you claim.
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Haven't been to one in years...never did like window shopping for stuff I couldn't afford either
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If the Malls close down...where do the mall-walkers go for exercise?
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