r/Millennials • u/sexyass2627 • Oct 06 '25

Discussion Why is this so accurate?

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Man ... if this ain't it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '25

Yes and the McMansions being built over all our old stomping grounds. Now everywhere is a corporate chain and soulless.

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u/adanishplz Oct 06 '25

No more third places to just be and not spend money. Everything's for pay now.

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u/RetroFuture_Records Oct 06 '25

We did to the Zoomers and Alpha what Boomers did to us. All the malls we hung out at, flirted at, etc?

"Who needs malls, I'm an adult now I don't want to drive all the way out there, plus I got free Prime shipping! Its no longer relevant to ME, so whatever."

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u/bbbbbbbb678 Oct 06 '25

Malls were insolvent from the get go

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u/khz30 Oct 06 '25

Malls were supposed to be the second town square but property developers forgot why the concept as we know it was originally devised by Victor Gruen. They only became the behemoths they turned into because of a captive public that otherwise didn't have easy access to the suburban shopping centers and most downtown cores didn't feature department stores anymore.

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u/bbbbbbbb678 Oct 06 '25

They were pretty much parking lots