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And whatever shop you go to, they're always mass-situated around the hoodie section?
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Here they are all situated around the perfume section.  

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I don't know what it is about it, Maybe it's the overpriced stores, maybe its the crowds of people, maybe its the stupid kids that hang out there, But I can't stand the mall.
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I agree with you! I hate going to the mall, and I try to avoid it as much as I can.

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My sister and I went to the mall yesterday.  $19.99 for a Bob Dylan CD she wanted at Sam Goody.  Got it at Wal Mart a little bit later for $9.
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I heard Wal Mart sell edited versions of CD's  >:(

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All reasons I hate the mall..buuut..I love to shop!!! Now if I only had enough money to shop all I want.  ::)

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I heard Wal Mart sells edited versions of CD's  >:(
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They do.  And so does Kmart.  (For example, a White Zombie CD cover had to be edited so that the girl on the cover is wearing something.  And a recent Bloodhound Gang album was retitled "Hooray" and showed only a cow's udder.)  I think Circuit City sells the unedited versions, though.  They're pretty cheap.

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The thing I hate most about the malls are the stuck-up sales people, the teeny-boppers that frequent there, the fight to find parking spaces, and the crying toddlers.
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You said it, J.C.!  I try as much as possible to avoid malls...especially during the holiday season.  It seems that parking is horrendous at any of the malls here in my area.  

There was a time in my life when I just loved going to the mall...probably because they were unheard of where I grew up.  But now that I live near one it's no big thing.  And besides, all they seem to have are dress shops or shoe shops anyway!  >:(    

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I don't know what it is about it, Maybe it's the overpriced stores, maybe its the crowds of people, maybe its the stupid kids that hang out there, But I can't stand the mall.
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I hate going to the mall because of the kids that hang out there.  Can't their parents find somewhere else to drop them off?  ::)

I avoid the mall at all costs.

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J.C., speaking of you hating long lines and such, I love your "The Christmas Shopping Song" (Stealer's Wheel Parody.)
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Now if I only had enough money to shop all I want.  ::)
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I hear that.

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I heard Wal Mart sell edited versions of CD's  >:(

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Wal-Mart does sell edited versions of cd's. Best Buy sells both and the label indicates whether or not it is edited. I'm glad they sell the edited version because both of my sons (age 12 and 14) love all of the latest music but some of the language and subject matter is inappripriate for teenage boys! They are so impressionable! So I prefer that they purchase only the edited versions of some atists.

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I used to "hang out" at a suburban mall as a teen, (and that was age 16 + up).  There were lots of cool stores then, and we actually bought something, even if it was just an ice cream at the Brigham's.

That same mall now is fast going downhill.  at least 40% of the shops are empty and management cannot get stores in.  My friends and I quit going when the management quit allowing the busses to stop there.  None of us wanted to walk across two parking lots and a four-lane highway from the  next nearest stop.

I'm guessing they wanted it to become an "upscale" place, but this mall, while in the suburbs, is just in the wrong location for any "upscale" customers to be bothered to travel to--too close to the city for the wealthier suburbs, and too far away for the wealthy city denizens to bother with.
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Seems as if the city planners here in Mission Viejo should have heard of your example - the same thing happened to the Mission Viejo Mall (now know as "The Shops") and the utter failure of The Kaleidoscope accross the street. They wanted to make it like South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, but somehow the rich still don't bother to shop at home and instead clutter Costa Mesa streets. I thought that was good. I wouldn't want any more traffic as it is down here...

Tarzan Boy