[dartos]

I was born in the late 90s and I only remember malls with big brand stores.

Maybe there was like 1 independently owned store at my local mall even I was a kid.

It’s a ghost town now.

[nkrisc]

I think the 80s was a big period of change from what malls were to what malls are now. My beard is only half grey, I wasn’t there for that.

I was born 10 years before you and I remember in the 90s smaller malls still having one-off and quirkier shops, but many of the bigger ones were already full of the same chain stores. Eventually the smaller ones closed or followed suit, until now even the bigger ones have met the same fate, it just took longer.