Dec 27, 2011

The Mall of Ameriterror

 








     It doesn't take much, really to kill a Mall.
     Some fear, and an alternative will do it.
     That's what emptied out the Montgomery Mall for a decade, leaving it to be twisted soon into some kind of city-controlled combination police and fire station cum church + other stuff.
     Maybe.
     Eventually.
     The events in the early 2000's that helped bury it started with young people, some fighting, a police riot force surrounding the property, blocking all goers, and fear.
     Now the Mall of America in Minnesota has had its own fright session...bigger, naturally, than anything that happened in Alabama's Capitol. The Monday night events come (of course) with their own homemade shaky cell video, making it all seem bigger and worse, like something from that fake/real-looking witch movie.
     Was it just an out of control flash mob having fun? A mass-robbery attempt? A glimpse of an unhappy future? Kids looking for a rumored free concert?
     Doesn't matter really.
     Because all it takes to kill a mall is an equal measure of fear and rumor and overreaction and lack of communication (MOA management issued its first statement about 9:00pm. An eon in social media time.)
     Alternatives like buying online next time. Or a new Mall down the highway.  

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