I'm sick of people calling any empty mall a 'dead mall'

Went to the Westgate Mall in Visalia last weekend and there were still 12 stores open and people eating at the food court. That's not a dead mall. A dead mall is like the old Northridge Mall in Salinas where the floors are literally peeling up and you can hear your own footsteps echo. Why does everyone have to exaggerate just for a photo? Have you actually been to a mall that's truly gone under or are you just posting for likes?

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xena_taylor642d ago

Saw a video last week about this place called the Hawthorne Plaza Mall in California. The guy filming was walking through with a flashlight because half the lights were out and there was a working RadioShack still open inside somehow. That's a dead mall. You go there for the vibe of watching something fall apart, not to shop. Twelve stores and a food court sounds like a regular Saturday to me. People just want the thrill of saying they found something abandoned when really they're just at a normal slow mall.

michaelrodriguez2d ago

You know, I used to be one of those people throwing around "dead mall" for any place that lost its Hot Topic or whatever. But your point about "literally peeling up floors" really made me reconsider. I went to this old mall in Fresno once, the Manchester Center, and it was legit creepy - like, the ceiling tiles were missing and there was a single old lady power walking laps around the empty corridors. Now I feel kinda dumb for calling a place with 12 stores "dead" when places like that exist. It's like calling a house with a crack in the foundation a condemned building, you know?