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When I was a kid in the 1980's and early 90's the mall was the place to go and hang out. Go to the food court, arcade, shoe stores, Spencer's gifts. Google "m
by lizknope 1y ago
When I was a kid in the 1980's and early 90's the mall was the place to go and hang out. Go to the food court, arcade, shoe stores, Spencer's gifts.
Google "malls that ban teenagers" and you will find a lot of articles. I have been to a few places that have signs "Anyone under 18 must be chaperoned by an adult."
- kevin_thibedeau 1y agoUsually that's the result of an incident with premeditated mayhem from an unsupervised gathering.
- Dylan16807 1y agoMaybe there's some rare incident, maybe they're just annoyed the teens don't spend enough per hour. It doesn't really matter. Teens aren't some special danger, and it's bad when places want to give off the impression of being a nice public place but fail to be one in significant ways.
- lotsofpulp 1y agoIt doesn’t matter to a non stakeholder like you. For the business owners, it clearly matters.
- Dylan16807 1y agoWhat they think has very little relevance to the problem of teens having nowhere to go. And in general the US has been really lacking in third places.
- rufus_foreman 1y agoThe late 80's and early 90's was peak mayhem but kids still hung out unsupervised at the mall.
- pavel_lishin 1y agoSure. But the end result is still teenagers losing a place to go.
- throawaywpg 1y agoits usually from shoplifting
- astura 1y ago>When I was a kid in the 1980's and early 90's the mall was the place to go and hang out. Go to the food court, arcade, shoe stores, Spencer's gifts. It's so wild looking back at those times. My friends and I would take the bus to the mall, which took (what felt like) forever. And we'd hang out there, browse stores, etc. for HOURS. Even though none of us had any money to spend. Sometimes we'd get a fountain soda at the food court for $.50. it's amazing we'd spend so much time at stores when we had no money.