Out Arizona Way

[ezdays]

Right now they are demolishing the mall that I was at at least once a week through my teens and early 20s.  It will be replaced with condos, self storage, a grocery store, and a little bit of retail.  The mall was half vacant for the last 5 years anyway, so I guess it was time to go.  On one hand I find it sad that this mall is going, but in reality the "mall culture" I grew up with is dead.  I remember reading something like 75% of the malls that were around in 2000 will be gone by 2025.  If it is not a nationwide big box store, people don't go there.  "Niche" stores like hobby shops are almost gone.  "Going shopping" is not how people want to spend a Saturday afternoon.  I'm not sure how people get a chance to be around other people anymore.

Yup, Paradise Valley Mall, I watched them build it, expand it, and now that's going away as we speak. Used to go to Hobby Bench there. Metrocenter, the larges in the Phoenix area, gone. They had plans for a large mall here in Surprise until the 2008 decline hit, now the plans are gone for good. Wouldn't it be ironic if they tore down Arrowhead Mall and replaced it with an Amazon distribution center????