tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post2980977036869830072..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: A Slow, Lingering, Painful DeathDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-13509105805582296392018-07-12T21:00:19.733-07:002018-07-12T21:00:19.733-07:00Not dissimilar.Not dissimilar.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-40240679117186007122018-07-12T00:45:03.528-07:002018-07-12T00:45:03.528-07:00I thought maybe you would link to this site.I thought maybe you would link to this <a href="https://opacity.us/" rel="nofollow">site</a>.Peggy Unoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-47470859880348285032018-07-10T09:32:32.106-07:002018-07-10T09:32:32.106-07:00Being you are in the heart of liberal land, I'...Being you are in the heart of liberal land, I'm surprised the government hasn't just taken it over and turned it into a homeless shelter. <br /><br />Sadly, I am only half joking...Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-36895486312464976842018-07-09T21:39:19.656-07:002018-07-09T21:39:19.656-07:00I think this is the destiny of most malls. Even th...I think this is the destiny of most malls. Even the large fancy Gallerias of the world have to see the writing on the wall. They are expensive to maintain and as Amazon and other online retailers squeeze out brick and mortar stores, there's simply fewer people shopping in person. As for the playground, we can lay that at a generation of twenty and thirty somethings who are continuing to delay having children until the entirety of their lives is in order. As a result, we will see some stores simply fade away. The smart malls will start marketing space for public use. I heard of one mall in NJ where they rented space to a private school on the second floor and rented our ground floor space to community theaters, orchestras, artists and small businesses. The food courts stayed open and the mall was still viable. I'm just not sure other mall owners are willing to go that route. I remember when I was 9 and the Sears in north Dallas opened. Soon after Valley View Mall followed-a place where I shopped, hung out and held three different jobs in high school and college. It's gone now with the promise of building a new mixed use complex. Unfortunately work has stalled, which means next to high end north Dallas homes, you see a big ugly incomplete scar in the earth. Dallas has gone the route of never keeping anything old and leveling many beautiful places to make room for new. As a result, we have no visual history. And since the bubble is heading toward bursting, this big development along with another in Frisco TX are simply left behind as bad investments.Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-18194214530891615872018-07-09T21:21:16.000-07:002018-07-09T21:21:16.000-07:00I was on the north side of LA and went into a mall...I was on the north side of LA and went into a mall in Northridge. I was shocked to find it completely packed! Families were obviously there together, there was a train for kids to ride and these odd rideable moving stuffed animals. I don't think I've ever been in a mall that crowded. Some of them are surviving and thriving.Auntie Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777983027361603449noreply@blogger.com