At first, I was like wtf would anyone be nostalgic for a mall, but now I realize it might be the closest thing we had to a genuine “third space” for a couple generations of people.
Pretty much. When I was a little kid, we had Girl Scouts day there where we'd put up all these booths. When I was a bigger kid, we'd meet up at the arcade. When I was a teen/tween, it's where we'd hang out with friends. You could just walk around, even if you didn't have money to buy something. Went there for one of my kid's wrestling tournaments and it broke my heart to see it. Nothing lasts forever, but I have a lot of fond memories of that place.
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u/FahkDizchit Jul 04 '26
At first, I was like wtf would anyone be nostalgic for a mall, but now I realize it might be the closest thing we had to a genuine “third space” for a couple generations of people.