Why I Hate the Mall I hate shopping malls. No, you don't understand. I really hate shopping malls. I think sitting at the Food Court near the Burger King for one hour has served only to heighten my displeasure with these gaudy monstrosities. The only reason I'm here is because nothing else in the town of Poughkeepsie, NY. seems to catch my interest long enough for me to take notice. I got here noon-ish I think. I had to take a taxi since none of my non- pedestrian friends were willing to roll out of bed to give me a ride. "You're waking me up why? The Mall? You insane?" *click*. If there is anything in Poughkeepsie worse than the mall, it would be Poughkeepsie taxi cabs. I never understood why it is that each and every one of them have air freshners which are so putrid smelling, they make one long for the odor of a New York City cabbie's "natural cologne". After enduring ten minutes of the cabbie's "lemme tell ya what's wrong with this country", I finally get to my destination. As soon as I got there, I began to think about how sad it is that the mall has very much become a part of American life. The Chinese have their rice, we have our malls. Does anyone else see a problem with having over one-thousand of these gaudy monstrosities across the country? Despite the fact that the era of eighties-decadence has passed, the malls keep coming, and they keep getting bigger. It's like something out of an Ed Wood flick. I remember reading an article about how bad it's gotten. The largest mall in America has 425 retail shops, 4.2 million square feet of space, over 13 thousand free parking spaces, 44 escalators, and cost $625 million dollars to build. Oh, did I mention that there is a full blown amusement park in the center of it all. It's just sick. When I was in Freeport, I remember hearing a radio show which was running a contest. The prize? A trip to the largest mall in America! Pretty soon, you'll have family vacations to the mall. I can see it now. A room at the Hilton (which will be inside the mall of course). Dad goes Herman's. Mom goes to Ann Taylor. The kids romp at the amusement park. A piece out of Norman Rockwell's Americana. When I went inside, I became dizzy at the sight ... ... middle of paper ... ... anything. It seems like such a tease. The kid is going to want to buy something, whether it's a new Sega game or a Matchbox car. Eventually, the woman relents and buys the sought after item. For the moment, the kid is satiated. Three boys, no more than fifteen years of age, walk into the food court. Their pants are sagging, caps turned backwards. They approach the counter at the Burger King and mull over what they're having. While ordering, they find time to hit on the cashier. She's older, and most likely out of their league, but that doesn't deter their efforts. She gives them an annoyed smile and requests the cash. They oblige and thrown in a last ditch effort to woo her. She smiles politely. The boys walk away, joshing each other about their valiant attempts. As they walk away, I've feel as though I've absorbed enough culture for one afternoon. I feel relieved to be able to go home. Once back on the safer confines of Vassar campus, I breathe a sigh of relief. It's premature though, because deep down I know. Somehow, some way, no matter how much I don't want to, I'll wind up at the Poughkeepsie Galleria soon enough.
(Behind the limo shots) I think I got out on the street about 12:15 or 12:20 - something along there.
Mart if you are looking for random items, but if you are truly shopping for groceries Publix has
Some 400,000 specialty retail stores operate in the US with combined annual sales of $350 billion
People can eat American fast food in China, India, and Thailand and so on. The most popular of American fast food is McDonald’s. In China, McDonald’s dishes integrate Chinese and Western cuisine, especially in diet structures. To be more specific, the beverage size of McDonald’s is different between the United States and China. A medium sized drink in the U.S is equal the large size in China (Margot Peppers). Then, the McDonald’s of China serves rice and soup as lunch. McDonald’s does not have this diet structure in the United States. The reason why Chinese McDonald’s has this style of food because American fast food has to adapt foreign atmosphere. It has to change the diet structure in order to the requirement of the local ethic group. That is a similar situation when Chinese immigrants open restaurants in the United
The arrival to Manhattan was like an entry to a whole new world: from the sea, its breezes, color, and landscapes, to the heart of the city beating louder than ever at the Whitehall Terminal. I could smell New York’s bagels in Battery Park with a mixture of the most relaxing scents: the coffee people were holding while walking down the streets, the old walls of Castle Clinton ...
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Mall appreciators argue that the malls are centers of entertainment and pleasure for mall visitors. George Lewis in “The mall as Refuge”, asserts that “kids come to look around, meet and make friends, stay away from home and hang out- because there is nowhere else to go” (1990, P. 309). He believes that teenagers go to malls to socialize and to escape from the troubles in their lives and at home. Therefore, malls serve as a second home for kids. Similarly, Lewis says that with the controlled environment of malls, with the security and the central location of malls as a good reason why many retired, and old people visit malls. Here they get to meet up with old friends, exercise, eat out, and share experiences with their old friends. These two groups as Lewis claims are misfits in society because; the world considers them as unproductive. Jon Pahl also ...
Goss argues that developers and designers of the built environment, specifically shopping centers and malls, use the power of place and understanding the structural layout of the space to boost consumption of the retail profits. Shopping centers are separated from the downtown area of shopping, either by distance and/or design. These establishments emerge for many to be the new heart and location for public and social life. In his article The "Magic of the Mall": An Analysis of Form, Function, and Meaning in the Contemporary Retail Built Environment, Goss also argues that the regulation of the spaces within the mall creates an atmosphere of "community" rather than one that is "public". This article’s main argument is that developers manufacture an illusion of doing more than just shopping when designing malls and shopping centers.
It was time to go, I could not wait for the amazing three-hour ride early in the morning just to go to the King of Prussia Mall. The hockey game was at seven PM and we got up at seven AM. Luckily, Kanye West’s new album came out to help pass the time the songs were stuck in my head all day. On the way, of course, my family had to get their fix of Dunkin Donuts iced coffee, which I passed on. King of Prussia Mall is supposedly the third biggest mall in the United states, but I wasn’t wowed. Unless you are a rich person or a woman looking for a purse there is no point of wasting time to go to this tourist attraction. You would think because it is a big mall that someone would have no trouble finding something to buy. No, the only thing I bought in there was a baseball
environment was so depressing. I didn’t know how I was going to be able to open up if I
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The design of the Mall of America is genius because it is four floors with more than 500 stores also the designers where smart by having natural light enter the Mall this to me makes it feel more homie. The mall was also smart on the how people can park they have four ramps which has five floors which means that it will be easier for the customers to access their building. The Mall of America was also smart on putting an amusement park in their sate of the art mall, this is a big because kid will want to go ride on the roller costars and when the kids see Lego City they will beg their portents to buy them some Legos. The Mall was also smart by putting an aquarium in the Mall which was another attraction that gets peoples attraction to come and visit the mall, another way the mall gets people to come to the Mall is the Movie Theater that is on the top floor of the Mall. Another reason why I think that people keep coming back to the Mall of America is because you can get everything you want in one shot without leaving to go to multiply stores, people could really spend a whole day at the Mall of America because they have a food court and they also have a nice sit-down dinning which is nice. The Mall of America also is more than just a shopping mall, this mall offers work out session because the mall is 1.15 miles so people will just walk around the mall for their daily workout. The Mall of America also has church serves
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When a person goes shopping and may take a trip to the mall they may feel like they are having a good time on the inside because there are typically nice big ceilings and nice clean stores with new things all over and not to mention the massage...
Finally, the mall is a wonderful entertainment center. Not only do people go there to shop, but they also got there for relaxation. There are movies sometimes as many as fifteen or sixteen. In addition, arcades are available for children, teens and adults. Some parents drop their children off at the arcade, give them a roll of quarters and pick them up after they have completed their shopping. For the hungry shopper there is a food court, which provides fast food for those shoppers who want to relax and possibly have a cocktail with their meal, other restaurants are available.