DEAD MALL SERIES : The $100 Mall : The Disaster of Pittsburgh Mills

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[@blurredlights5235]

is there a full video of the tan perfect edit??

[@cassidee1473]

"Bye Mom, I'm going to a quiet place to study." "The library?" "No, too rowdy. The mall."

[@sophiazonno8663]

Minerva Packulev go fuck your self this mall was a place I enjoyed when I was younger and I was once bustling with people

[@sophiazonno8663]

Sorry its just I grew up with this place and that joke is still funny I just over reacted

[@dani-xw3lc]

The Galería not the mall!!

[@jasburger]

Robo Chicken Malls are kinda dead now

[@natalieking9246]

Long as there is free wifi

[@juvernaflood3302]

i feel like the echoed music makes it just so much more depressing

[@super_genius]

Juverna Flood its just a soundtrack its not actually in the mall

[@drcoolcabbage]

Nothing says "empty" like the sound of cheap mall radios and absolutely nothing else.

[@Ducky195]

I find it somewhat nostalgic and comforting

[@meesalikeu]

do you feel like it or does it?

[@1birdwatcherr]

look up mallsodt

[@avocado3-in-182]

3:35 that easter bunny waving made the mall million times depressing than before. I feel sad and cringed at the same time.

[@jeffumbach]

I felt sorry for that bored, lonely Easter Bunny.

[@Mehtaru]

I kinda want to give the bunny a hug after that, this whole place is just depressing.

[@Dudeson34]

at 3:20 he isn't alone :3

[@Angelectric_609]

I just realized this is a perfect job for a introvert- no one bothers you, you get paid, there’s almost no one to bother. Perfect!

[@sethhowell198]

Only bad part about it is no ones hiring because they can barely afford to stay afloat

[@vlad48329reborn]

This mall looks like it was designed by Nickelodeon Studios.

[@heathermcdowellmusic]

Mr.Huggles thats what i was thinking

[@bornyesterday21]

Mr.Huggles ... lol .. good comparison.

[@floricity7121]

Mr.Huggles pffft pretty sure they have their work Cut out for them at the mall of America

[@abyssalplanes]

galleria*

[@floricity7121]

XD

[@SamSoundly]

Everything looks so shiny and new, yet so empty and depressing.

[@theangryitalian7922]

wherethefishlives like my life

[@Nicole-cz7vp]

@@theangryitalian7922 best comment

[@nohcole]

Don’t forget outdated... that’s what really does it

[@ekoefan4life793]

How can you not be in the sun for 7 years unless your a recluse????? You can’t avoid it unless all your shades are down too in the house even then it still comes through....

[@b-jo6269]

Like a typical suburb

[@Simon_Electric]

I went there when it first opened. Pittsburgh is a city that relies heavely on public transportation. The mills wouldn't allow bus stops on their property. It was damned from the start

[@jimberkey2894]

Yes exactly. Ross park mall has two buses that stop at the mall and they are doing quite well last I had checked.

[@simondaniel4028]

@@jimberkey2894 Good point. I should take the T to South Hills, I've not been there in a long time and I'm curious of that mall now.

[@ItzBIULD]

I used to visit when I was five and I got to visit like 8-9 years later...it was SO LIVELY IN 2013 too

[@ItzBIULD]

@@jimberkey2894 still doing well, GAP closed though.

[@gerardkowalski7683]

As a bus driver i approve this message.

[@pepsilord3058]

Am i the only who loves the aesthetic of this mall, just the colours and decorations just feel dream-like and childlike

[@scdu]

It's so mid 00's

[@SMTMainline]

I agree. Mills made these malls so interesting instead of just building something super dull.

[@laureljade3476]

90s esque like childhood memories.

[@pannoni8449]

@@scdu Really, that was the last time that indoor malls were semi-relevant. Even when this opened, e-commerce was already starting to take off and people were increasingly starting to trend away from suburban-style shopping in favor of urban shopping strips, big boxes, and outdoor "lifestyle centers". This pandemic may sadly make this mall look like Century III not too far from now, another once great mall that fell on hard times, though at least Century III had nearly 20 good years before its rapid decline and has lots of fond memories for Gen Xers. At least Philadelphia Mills on the other side of the state isn't doing as bad, but even that isn't quite as busy as it was in its '00s heyday. Arundel and Potomac Mills near DC/Baltimore are holding up pretty good for now, and Live! Casino has helped in Arundel's case. But this sadly represents the Millennial generation's youth quickly fading away as the front end of that demo enters middle age.

[@ilzymoose3316]

Fr

[@aforgottenevent504]

I think someone should buy one of these malls and turn it into a laser tag arena. That'd be so sick.

[@quack5003]

Paintball or airsoft that would be cool

[@N_behr]

We had a paintball place in an empty section of a mall in my hometown.. it was pretty cool, but went the way of everything else in the mall

[@richyan9323]

You could buy a piece of property and make a great laser tag arena for a tenth of what it would cost to buy this place.

[@jasonl8326]

Or convert into the largest haunted house in the world. Actually, walking through an abandoned mall in the dead of night is scary enough, so no renovation required.

[@inco-gneito7543]

They had laser tag there before. It was awesome looking on psychadelics, but it's gone now.

[@anthonylazieh8908]

"and here is the easter bunny, giving a thumbs up, most likely to a suicide pact" LMAO

[@maxbrandt6]

That one cracked me too! This was a very sad mall....I mean "galleria"!

[@SP-zw3om]

Anthony Lazieh I fucking LOST it 🤣

[@fuckyomamabackwords2935]

Anthony Lazieh i never laugh so hard inmy life

[@nicoblaytherealflamingo445]

Anthony Lazieh why would that cross his mind... That's what the mall does to its guest...or just being in P.A. will do it.

[@chandlerredhead27]

You know it's all over when you see this man walking around your mall

[@GentleLiASMR]

he’s like the grim reaper of retail

[@HailAres]

Bland? I've never seen a mall with so much character and interesting designs

[@Alcofoamer]

I was just going to say that this is probably the most colourful mall I've ever seen in my life. Every mall is either shades of beige or back in the brown.

[@merlinthebikewizard4392]

@@Alcofoamer I don't think he is referring to the colors or design but the atomsphere is generic and boring and that was the downfall of the mall that people don't realized. They didn't offer anything different from each other.

[@bryanchin856]

Yeah it's more tacky than bland.

[@PC10.8]

@Alcofoamer assume you’re a railfan also?

[@clockworktime7195]

@@merlinthebikewizard4392 I think this mall really needed either a glass ceiling or an outside mall approach. I actually think the colors and design are nice, but they need more natural light. The artificial lights they have are lackluster and make everything so dreary.

[@MilqyMilque]

I know people don't rollerskate much anymore but i've always loved the idea of rollerskating in a empty mall that has marble floors XD

[@user-lu4xp7iv8c]

AzumaSailor good idea

[@TheOneTrueAnswer]

Funnily enough, that's actually one of my recurring dreams: Rollerskating through a mall.

[@MilqyMilque]

@@TheOneTrueAnswer Oh dang. Good or bad dream?

[@TheOneTrueAnswer]

@@MilqyMilque Almost always a lot of fun. So, you might be onto something.

[@nematocyxt]

People don't rollerskate much? bro you should come to my town the rollerskating place is literally thriving, its like a main hub for majority of the people in the town

[@CassCassCassCassCass]

Well that intro was unsettling af

[@fuckoff9182]

Cassidy Kuba yeah dude I was half asleep not expecting it at all, part of me thinking I'm imagining it.

[@Chaviasmusic]

HAHAHAHAHAAA!

[@tonebonebgky2]

Cassidy Kuba yeah what was with that tanning into lol.

[@jamesgeese]

Cassidy Kuba why

[@09mpotato]

the guy at 1:08 was pretty cute though

[@dga4914]

Macy's, SEARS, JCPenney are always be the last man standing

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Military Circle Mall has none of those left. Especially since Sears closed over 90% of its stores and sold all its brands to other companies. Macy's left LONG ago, and Penny's even longer. The closest thing they have to an Anchor is a Ross, unless you count the theater.

[@tacogladiator7503]

Sears closed in our mall..first it was Carson Pierre Scott, then Sears, Forever 21 is next..only a matter of time before JcPennys folds and Macy’s runs..followed by Dicks pulling out (pun intended) Then our mall will be another carcass in Hobart Indiana.

[@aydon1276]

Patrick Star our SEARS left a few years ago. now it's a hudsons bay company outlet

[@AWormsPurpose]

They cleared out the Macy’s at our mall before anything else

[@rommy143]

That’s because anchors have to pay so much to breach leases

[@krognak]

The floor is absolutely immaculate! Either the cleaner needs a promotion or it's barely been walked on...

[@justpeasoup]

It’s the second option lol

[@schuylerdade]

The arcade is the saddest thing I've ever seen.

[@SOBEKCrocodileGod]

Schuyler Dade at least it has Marvel vs Capcom 2 lol

[@APizzle90]

And Hydro Thunder

[@CheebscastCheebs]

@@SOBEKCrocodileGod that poor machine

[@portal2kid]

the necroposts never end, do they?

[@skydiamsteam6005]

Arus And you never shut up ?

[@Jerkfaceman]

"If you obey all the rules you'll miss all the fun" quote outside a place you're not supposed to go inside

[@utetwo9709]

I wonder what's inside....

[@dasbubba841]

@@utetwo9709 Nothing but emptiness.

[@vondahe]

I would consider that an invitation to enter the closed stores.

[@samtinkle9076]

I feel like that should be the motto for Urbex

[@EvesEvilVideos]

i waa gonna say that too lmao

[@augustinedugan6405]

I work here in the Macys and this mall is even more empty now than when you filmed this, lmao.

[@silversurfer8208]

Do you guys get put on suicide watch when you get a jobe there

[@georgedudleysashtray3860]

Jesus. How do you manage to stay awake through your shift lmao

[@aaxtreme925]

Malls around my area are always packed. Whats the difference with this mall?

[@theworldoverheavan560]

@@silversurfer8208 lol

[@paulsbunions8441]

idk bro working hourly with no customers sounds like the life to me

[@bakedbeans7355]

Next thing you know it’s bought out by a spirit Halloween.

[@sethhowell198]

Only some stores have been bought out

[@TERMINXX101]

Spirit does come here every season, so you're kinda right.

[@xXMaoKittyCatXx]

Am i one of the few people who actually thinks this mall is lovely? Its just really sad and depressing how empty and lifeless it is

[@FinnValentineB]

I think it's gorgeous, but what would I know? The mall I live by sucks.

[@skyblueedits5815]

It's great! Hi fellow gachatuber

[@user-to4fo2xb8v]

for 1993 maybe, it looks dated

[@anonymoushuman8443]

Yeah it looks really clean compared to some other malls shown in this channel

[@schirins.6670]

I also don't get the hate. I never saw a prettier mall. I live down in middle Europe and we don't have such a fancy thing here. There are so many things there. Are many USA malls like this?

[@Cyranek]

dead malls are my aesthetic

[@MacrossCain]

*dead memes

[@behema9815]

* H I G H Q U A L I T Y E N T E R T A I N M E N T

[@justabug1647]

Cyranek me too

[@reaganfranksbeauty297]

I T S A G A L A R I A

[@TheNnnnnnnnnnkkkkkkk]

Meeee

[@dragonballtorture]

These dead malls are the perfect place to do a drug deal

[@brandonalvarez7700]

What I’m thinking

[@Milliebeth69]

fried rice cringe

[@sethhowell198]

There was a heroin bust not too long ago

[@bobprice1841]

5 kids that trampoline is doing better than the whole Mall actually

[@CPD0123a]

They took out the skywalk thing at some point in the last year or two. Rip

[@fadesblue]

Why does this whole mall look like it was designed in the sims

[@alexmcgrath6686]

Liam McFarland not even the new Sims are this bad

[@miaa1762]

Ikr?

[@davis6123]

omg

[@miaa1762]

HyperionLord at least you can motherlode in the sims tho

[@lizardqueen2058]

Because it was

[@humpheadsassy4400]

The lo-fi 80s muzak getting blasted into the empty halls makes me want to call my parents and tell them I love them.

[@5050TM]

Dominic Trybus Oh my God, best comment.

[@Tony-Gunk]

Dominic Trybus I think the music was edited in since there aren't any cuts in the music as the different video clips cycle..

[@Cornerstanding]

This music is what's making this video Creepy!!!!!!!!

[@Me-ij4tw]

this mall is actually atheistically pleasing, and it’s relatively large. honestly better than some of the bigger malls that are still booming like robinson mall near pittsburgh. i don’t understand why malls like this go out of business so fast, especially this one

[@raulsaavedraviolante4350]

Many things come into play: Declining economy in many towns resulting in the loss of disposable income, lack of residential zones near the mall, crime ridden areas (which in fact, killed several of these places in the long term), change of buying habits and mall preferences, opening of newer, more modern and fashinable malls which make these ones irrelevant and the list goes on. Actually it's a shame this mall didn't reach its potential.

[@nicholasshade]

Don't call it a mall. It's a galleria.🍭❤

[@mayavenuemisfit814]

Poor management and poor location. It's in the middle of nowhere, next to some of Pittsburgh's most economically depressed suburbs. Plus no public transportation goes to it.

[@Machoke.]

​@@mayavenuemisfit814 that's one of the conclusions I came to why they're doing so bad. I mean ross park mall is a relatively short drive north from downtown. Way closer than this place. If you live west of the city Robinsons probably the closest option. If you live south, it's south hills village, if you live east it's Monroeville. There are just so many options that are much closer than this. It gets less populated up in that area, and where there is more population density there are better options close by. I also see alot of people commenting on videos about this mall talking about refusing to put in buss stops. I didn't know anything about that, but that would also be a mark against it.

[@xpensfanatic2009]

In the last few months, Cinemark has announced they are permanently closing the movie theater and JC Penny's is now closing too leaving only Macy's and Dick's as the last anchor tenants left.

[@missjess82]

The chicken place closed too?

[@CPD0123a]

Don't forget New Dimension Comics, which might as well be their main anchor store with how well they're doing, and how poor the others are.

[@mikebliss3153]

The movie theatre changed hands, so they're still showing movies there... Although they closed down an entire wing.

[@widedog3028]

How 2 get rich quick: Step 1: Buy a mall for 100 bucks. Step 2: Resell it for 200 bucks. Step 3: PROFIT.

[@MrRenegadeshinobi]

cyka blyat Step 3: ???? Step 4: profit

[@faithestherr]

OOF

[@Cornerstanding]

Lol

[@hifijohn]

step 4 pay for all the property tax which would be in the millions go bankrupt.

[@gatorhunter1]

Dude, you butchered that tanning commercial. lol I spit my drink out when I heard the eggs/bacon frying.

[@jacksters19]

Agent 47 😂😭

[@chertikinamoto]

I thought it was really creepy.

[@random__itch]

Dahmer murdered my sides to ashes.

[@noesunyoutuber7680]

Oh god it's horrifying

[@chongjunxiang3002]

random ytp surprise me

[@rebsa9313]

How did you forget that there’s literally a fracking rig set up behind the parking lot of this mall who’s waste water run off pools would ignite spontaneously.This mall is absolute hell.

[@f150brian]

Remember when that well was on fire for days? It was quite the show pulling into the mall.

[@jessicah3450]

😦 wow

[@PatrickofShireland]

at 2005 youre so close to the market crash in 2008, that mall was screwed

[@Movie_Games]

As someone who hates people, this place looks awesome.

[@RogersBase]

LMAOOOO

[@Feverm00n]

Movie Games I thought the same thing

[@myra9999]

Movie Games Precisely

[@everydayaussie]

ow the edge

[@captainatt]

Movie Games you cut me with your edge

[@itscomplicatedwatches]

I live about ten minutes from this mall and this video is no exaggeration. It's a shit hole. The movie theater is doing well. The restaurants on the outskirts of the mall are doing well. The mall is absolute shit though. It was a big deal when it opened. That checkered looking race place that is closed was supposed to be a go-kart track that was going to actually go outside and through the mall to attract people but some contractor or something fucked it up so it never even opened. So that checkered looking place at 9:24 which was supposed to be the go-kart place opened for about 4 months and used to sell RC cars. What a dump.

[@Mellobean]

That's the point, all of the outside businesses are doing well on their own. There is literally no point to go into the mall if you can just go around the outside of it to get where you really want to go. I agree with you, building LT really was pointless, especially since malls were already declining a ton when it was built.

[@christinanewcomer9996]

If you only live ten minutes from the Mills, then you must also agree that not even two years ago the mall was completely full; making all these closures all the more shocking right? (I live an hour and a half away and have been making the drive couple/few times a year why? because it was worth it!) wife and I were shocked in May as we hadn't been there in almost a year due and it looks like a ghost town comparatively. Also the petland tried to sell us a mixed breed dog for $1600. That's the real investigation that needs to be going on. That place is evil.

[@itscomplicatedwatches]

Christina Newcomer the mall was definitely not full two years ago. More stores maybe but I don't think the mills has ever been full.

[@christinanewcomer9996]

ive been there multiple times every year since 2013; I don't care how close you live I wouldn't have driven an hour and a half to go to a defunct mall. if it wasn't full it was 95% full.

[@HardlineAthiest]

BitterPoetMadman The entire US economy is fucking dead.

[@iLoveMyDog200]

Imagine cruising on a skateboard or rollerblades in an empty mall like this

[@nomobobby]

See, Now I'm imagining a 90's kid with a backwards cap, running circles around the old, fat security guard like its old kids movie before running out the door into the sunset. Got that cool kids attitude (like classic sonic) that faded out after 1999. IDK y though, I was too young to remember anything pre 2002-ish. Maybe your comment just got my imagination flowing.

[@0186179821]

Jeff Bezos’ love watching this with his mistress at night before he sleeps.

[@wakeupmofoers691]

u mean boy toy from k b t

[@ianpritchard7251]

I'm sorry but this doesn't belong in the dead mall series, it is a galleria

[@MrFletchmoto]

Ian Pritchard trust me, it is a mall. I have been there.

[@babydevilz2000]

Ian Pritchard it is still a mall

[@hankmoody940]

Ian Pritchard it's a mall

[@reharl4953]

I am the Marine Corps recruiter who works in that joint, and yes, sometimes it's pretty eerie. At least it gives me a place to run laps when it rains. You also walked right by my office without saying hi.

[@michaelaluna7684]

He was afraid you'd talk him into joining the Marines. Heehee😆

[@CooterCoy]

Is 34 too late to join?

[@reharl4953]

@@CooterCoy The cut off for the Marine Corps is 28, due to the more difficult nature of our training pipeline. Other branches might take you though.

[@jocelyncooper1738]

Why are military recruiters always in practically dead malls

[@TannerWilliam07]

@@CooterCoy Army Rangers - much, much harder than the Marines - cuts off at 35

[@GhoulishGlamour]

Almost half the stores in this video are gone already,it's depressing.

[@Brandonganss1]

Now the movie theater's leaving. The final nail in the coffin.

[@Stack-Japleton]

Brandon Ganss it already did and JCPenney is next

[@MydirtyRat1]

You said this mall was built in 2005? That was right around the time that people were getting their homes foreclosed on and the disposable income was going away. Then came the big crash (too big to fail). I can understand why a lot of these storefronts were never rented.

[@jaldav]

Three years early. That started in 2008.

[@MydirtyRat1]

@@jaldav The crash happened in 08, but the problems started around 2003-04. People who bought homes where they paid principal only loans for the first 5 years were finding it impossible to refinance once those finance charges or balloon payments started kicking in.

[@neonsigns6721]

My Dirty Rat 1 you make a good point. and perhaps that contributed to the mall never taking off. The only counterpoint i would offer to that is that in this area (Pittsburgh) was not hit as hard as other parts of the country. I know that doesn't necessarily matter because the downturn did impact the economy of the entire country. This whole story of the mall is just so interesting to me.

[@goofygoober4901]

this is what purgatory looks like

[@AndroidSunner]

Goofy Goober the Empty Borders is the purgatory.

[@TaylorwoodGaming]

Why is this so true

[@chazzlucas6208]

there is no such thing as purgatory .... that is something the catholic church make up to make money...

[@4evaPuffy]

Fuckkkkk

[@kiradia705]

chazz LUCAS it was a joke...

[@bananabread936]

This mall has this kinda oniric? Like place you wander in a dream, empty, dark and makes you wonder why it was abandoned

[@FreezerKing]

There is a severe cognitive dissonance between the wacky po-mo design of the storefronts and the industrial, dim, Costco ceiling and it's just troubling

[@relcluse]

15 minutes of just roasting a mall. I love it.

[@tonyrusso6983]

No no no it’s a “galleria” lol

[@emgee4509]

And people are still butthurt about him being satirical about this mall. Sure, it looks silly, but there are some things I like about it.

[@paralixis4500]

this is ytp levels of goodness

[@RH-vd3yu]

Gotcha Fam chill out triggered bitch

[@Almighty_cornholio]

I’m the 1000th like..you’re welcome

[@kar7u]

I never knew a building could make me feel depressed until I watched this

[@MrGOLDENSHOT25]

Jackson Kruse I really love the design of this mall actually. It saddens me to see it void of life though. Kinda like an empty cruise ship... It could be the most luxurious ocean liner in the world, but void of people it would crush your soul (mine atleast).

[@kar7u]

MrGOLDENSHOT25 I have more feelings for a mall then I do for people, I need help what the-

[@MrGOLDENSHOT25]

Jackson Kruse Nah, you just appreciate architecture more then those around you. We humans kinda like building shit if you couldn't tell :p It's pretty normal to to be bothered by a great work gone to waste because of that.

[@kar7u]

MrGOLDENSHOT25 very true- such a waste

[@christopherconard2831]

I had a similar feeling the last time I was at Kmart. It has been a long time, but even back then it was sad.

[@jessaphillips2846]

Everyone in the comments section: “this looks like (insert local Mills mall name here)!” Ummm y’all know the Mills corporation is a thing right? They designed one set of mall blueprints back in the 90’s and peddled them to cities all over the country.

[@yvellebradley2502]

Jessa Phillips My city has an exact copy of this mall but it’s doing really well, in Canada.

[@paloman6459]

I was wondering why they all looked the same and had the same layout. Thanks for the info.

[@mikewood4242]

Yes.I have seen quite a few identical malls in my travels

[@mikewood4242]

@Aimee Webber I'm not talking Mills malls but in Canada I have seen identical malls on different sides of the country

[@andrewwalker9960]

Ontario Mills in Ontario, CA and Concord Mills in Concord, NC are two I’ve been to. Took me ages to realize they were connected 😂

[@Atticus4C]

The music playing in the food court sounds like what you hear while on hold with the government 😂

[@MTL911EmergencyPhotography]

The developers just tried wayyyy too hard to bring up a mall during a time period where malls were on the decline - a terrible idea from the start.

[@stphinkle]

Rian McDonald The economic crisis of 2007-2008 and the decline of malls really contributed to this.

[@Deenique16]

supergoose how does that make someone and idiot

[@gracedorothy430]

malls are still pretty good for teens. teens ( at least at my highschool ) go to our local malls every weekend for food and clothes

[@DoctaM364]

ITS A GALLERIA

[@the-uh2ur]

supergoose Get a job at walmart

[@someone-sh9zr]

I'm having a daymare.

[@dylanguzman1521]

Why did he do that short hair, blonde girl like that for?😂😂

[@EamonThePhilogynistWalford]

My best guess would be that Dan did it to accentuate the Karen vibe she gives us, thus making him a prophet of sorts. ;-) Anyhow, having looked at the location on Google Maps, I'd say that in itself was the deal breaker. The mall's developers must've been counting on further residential development in the area, but it never eventuated. :-/

[@itwasratedarrgh]

I must not be the only one who throughly enjoys re-watching these dead mall videos. It’s relaxing and interesting.

[@philibert3630]

Wow that intro was way too fucked up for me

[@itsbunessa]

A sunless tan of that caliber is the devil's work indeed

[@acrylon3533]

Check out "Cinco Eye Tanning System"

[@KyuuTomoyaki]

Agreed. I skipped it cause I thought it was some strange mistake. But when I heard the music, I understood but was still baffled at why he would feel the need to include that...

[@malakai713]

Philibert the intro was funny af

[@KyuuTomoyaki]

A Rando Lol. Okay.

[@gullybonesart4670]

Dan Bell: The Gordon Ramsay of abandoned malls

[@Jiteko]

Mister Make-believe he's absolutely hilarious

[@vondahe]

No Ramsey without the F word in at least every second sentence.

[@MrFletchmoto]

I was working in Pittsburgh shortly after this mall opened, it was late in the year around Christmas. The mall was packed with people and shops. The check board place was supposed to be a NASCAR themed restaurant from what I was told. This place is actually huge in dimensions. I saw the drawback as it was too far from the city to draw major crowds and at the time nothing else out by it.

[@cadence649]

I live like 30 minutes from this place. It looks even worse than this now. There’s like nobody

[@MrSignalPlus]

This feels like a place designed and built in the late 80s or 90s, not the early 2000s

[@iron1349]

If it was, it might've made a profit in it's life

[@KitKat0418]

I feel like if it had been built in the 80s/90s, it probably would’ve been successful. Late 2000s? Not so much

[@dasbubba841]

@@KitKat0418 Especially a few years before the Recession. It looks like one of those Chinese ghost towns. Huge and shining, but almost completely empty.

[@thefrub]

That's partly because of that super-lo-fi 80's music he plays in the background of all his videos. That's not playing in the mall

[@rockstarofredondo]

It has awful style.

[@XGaming1]

I would buy this place for $100 and make it my house.

[@dazasc3994]

i think for 100 you're buying the enormous 140million debt attached to a property, but i'm not sure

[@Leopold3131]

You may not like your first tax payment. Or the electric bill. Forget about heating or cooling it.

[@imjakepaul4497]

The Flip same

[@imjakepaul4497]

Actually no I would make it into homes for people

[@SouthernBelleReviews]

@@imjakepaul4497 that's wonderful

[@scottovegtable]

Jesus Christ I can't stop laughing at what you said about the Easter Bunny

[@saraheart2804]

I can't believe anyone would open a mall in 2005.

[@aaronnelson7702]

I'd buy it. convert the stores to apartments. Use it as a huge gated "community" for senior citizens. like an old folks home, except they would have thier own homes and neighborhoods, all in doors and secured. it'd be great for them.

[@cutrara7]

nice wide halls to accommodate the influx of hoverround traffic

[@aaronnelson7702]

Dracopet Exactly.

[@thirteenfury]

And the mall walkers would never have to leave the building to get their exercise!

[@TheFroInBristow]

And they can go on the sky trail!!!! :D

[@MandieTerrier]

That would be nice. If you could make it affordable. One has to have a small fortune to move into Erickson or Asbury Methodist Village

[@3DSuperWaffle]

This mall is like the fictional idea of what a shopping mall is like

[@Zedek]

It's like a demonstration of a mall, like in museums, when they re-build certein topics for the audience. "And this is a mall right here, Ladies and Gentlemen!"

[@pailofawesome]

No joke. I live in Pittsburgh. It's insane how night and day this mall looks compared to Robinson Mall, a mall so giant and full that it's killing the other malls around it.

[@seymourskinner6050]

*AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, AT THIS TIME OF THE MONTH, AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY, LOCALIZED ENTIRELY IN YOUR KITCHEN?*

[@EatitHarvey]

Add rust and some blood and you got Silent Hill 3

[@LightsJusticeZ]

Yes!

[@SoItGoes1985]

Developers: “Cocaine is a helluva drug.”

[@wakeupmofoers691]

actualy is not its ancient south america coca leaf tea, somewhat green tea from asia

[@SoItGoes1985]

@@wakeupmofoers691 Correction: “Cocaine is a helluva substance that leads to shite business ventures."

[@Juniebeaniebaby101]

I feel like I’m in Stranger Things S3 or Zombie Land

[@georgedudleysashtray3860]

Peepee poopoo

[@Juniebeaniebaby101]

a cat its an honor 🙈🥺

[@LisaMichele]

The tacky 80s/90s maximalist style of this hulking beast just adds to the grotesqueness

[@Sean-ll5cm]

beautiful in it's own sad way tho

[@isy111]

These Mills Corporation malls are all so gross

[@GuyWithThePie]

Neto S Mills, eh? I knew this looked a bit familiar. Used to go to one in St. Louis. It had an ice rink and go-karting. The go-karts eventually shut down, and who knows what happened to the ice rink. I wonder how it's doing today. Heard that nobody ever goes there anymore. Maybe Dan could check it out?

[@lucasbiaggini]

Guywiththepie you mean the St. Louis galleria? It was still quite busy when I went to SLU 3 years ago. A little depressive, but not really dead.

[@GuyWithThePie]

Lucas Barbosa No, I'm talking about the Mills mall. The one that looks similar to this with its garish colors and wacky aesthetic.

[@samharris4684]

If you find yourself in a bunny costume inside a dying, decaying mall, it's time to start questioning your life decisions. JS.

[@powerfullthoughts]

Work is work as long as your getting legit and legal money JS

[@ARCHIEANGELinOH]

@Sam Harris; I do love your great sense of humor. Sometimes people just don't get me.

[@gamerguy425]

good thought's has a point, I mean if the salary's good you're basically being payed to do nothing XD

[@yognut72]

man it must suck to be that bunny though, dressing up as a bunny in a scalding suit doing nothing for 8 hours

[@nasirb3914]

Fuck off Sam.

[@alexsbikesandmotors]

I'm sure he goes to these malls at like 10am on a tuesday to maximize the dead-ness. I bet there's more people on the weekends.

[@naudiamilan]

Alex's Bikes and Motors this mall is usually like this even on weekends because there’s literally nothing in it lol.. the surrounding businesses do well though.

[@PsychologicalApparition]

There’s always one of you skeptics-to-everything. 🤪

[@jessicah3450]

The Macy's hasn't left, so there's still some shopping traffic. JCPenney and Sears are always the last to go.

[@kierrashreffler]

No there is absolutely no one ever thete

[@jessicah3450]

That Easter bunny made my night, thanks! He's lost all hope. "I hear people, maybe kids? No, no, okay" 🐰👍🏼

[@sirot5561]

This mall looks like it stole decor from a CRUISE SHIP mixed with old NICKELODEON STUDIOS. This mall wasn't sure when it was built if it should go with 90s decor or towards 2000s 😂😂😂

[@j.nesbitt5120]

You totally hit it! I myself was thinking Golden Girls set explosion...

[@petrobull2560]

OMG.....dude you hit it DEAD ON......dammmm!

[@Bwethhh]

Tommy Siro That's what was so cutting edge about the design, it was a mix of both 😂

[@mikegaughan9260]

well said Tommy well said. lol

[@pagandaddy9458]

Tommy Siro lol you mean the Grapevine Mall in Texas???

[@dannii426]

The music makes this video 100x more depressing

[@ja848]

America Moreno haha I kinda like it I love this mall but it's so fucking big and huge

[@YamacKocovali7]

I absolutely love it as it gives off a unique retro feel to me.

[@seththomas9105]

I find it interesting that most all of these malls play bad Top 40 80's and 90' Easy Listening.

[@CujoHyer]

@@seththomas9105 He adds this shit in post. All of his videos have this same type of music. He does it for ambience.

[@JNosk36]

Im from Pittsburgh and im 29. When I was younger, maybe 16-17 , the mall was so full of people and stores! A very busy food court, play areas, and every store was full! There was even a bar/bowling alley and indoor minigolf The area around the mall was busy too! Lots of restaurants, and even a hotel.

[@scottstallings5029]

THAT TANNING COMMERCIAL WAS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST THINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. BEEN A ROUGH YEAR! THANK YOU! MAKE MORE OF THOSE COMMERCIALS!!

[@Suenami89]

It was a terrible idea to decide to build a mall in 2005, at the end of the mall era

[@biancarobertson8728]

Go to Westfield in England. Mate, the Mall era isn’t over.

[@GeneralJameson]

@@biancarobertson8728 so I would have to go to another country that is smaller than the state I live in...

[@biancarobertson8728]

Dan Reed I didn’t say YOU Had to. I just recommended it. Plus it’s only to prove a point.

[@rokuyokune4433]

Na, my mall is 48 years old and it still gets business

[@pshaw5075]

I've from NYC you should go to the malls their today...sooooo many people

[@TheNewNumberTw0]

Every time I watch this the "Tan Perfect" segment kills me. Every single time.

[@idkwhattoputhere4695]

A ytp was not really what I was expecting when I clicked this video

[@Boidan69]

TheNewNumberTw0 it looked so normal for me when I was high

[@portal2kid]

why is this same guy necroposting?

[@howsitgrowin]

Is it just me or like.. arent they a bunch of porn stars?

[@portal2kid]

Jeffrey, why did you have to necropost?

[@phubans]

Wow, I absolutely love this. I'm really into weird and paranormal things and also urban exploration, but this is really unique in that it feels like some sort of "liminal space" that you'd wander into unwittingly and then wonder if you were actually there or just dreamed it. The whole thing is eerie, surreal, and otherwordly and I am all about it. On a more down to earth note, I find it pretty sad that so much effort and money was clearly put into this place and it flopped this badly. I don't know; something about stuff like that makes me feel really sad. There was a serious attempt and absolutely no one cared. I actually felt kind of annoyed that you were so brutal in mocking the place.

[@Samurai_-fg9gg]

Crazy how the mall I went to all the time and still go to sometimes is compared to the back rooms

[@blackrose3135]

why is nobody talking about the tan perfect commercial

[@88evileve88]

That was sooo weird

[@nora3629]

Don’t judge me but this stuff is slightly aesthetically pleasing Well more like nostalgia but do you understand what I’m saying?

[@deendrew36]

Nora Cordes totally. That’s why we are here, friend.

[@missyalleah1233]

Yaaas

[@deadredeyes]

i k n o w w h a t y o u a r e s a y i n g

[@mothmansboobs]

i completely understand this one. its even more nostalgic when you grew up here & have fond memories of “going to the mall!”

[@whatshisname3304]

i think i ll judge you.

[@goodmorninguser]

Interesting that the Sears closed. That's how you know it's REALLY bad. My mom wrote her masters thesis on the decline of Sears, back in 1995.

[@delta543]

Do you have the thesis?

[@mothra__13]

Taryn K that's actually really cool (as someone who minored in merchandising). if she still has it around you should post it online somewhere.

[@goodmorninguser]

I'll ask her about it! If she still has it, I'll make a google doc 🤗

[@abethepunk]

Taryn K Not just a Sears, it was a Sears Grand! But yeah, when Century 3's Sears closed, all I could think of is how do you loose a Sears?

[@jesusramirez000]

interesting to read let us know

[@meghanmccoy4493]

I go to the gym there, but i’ve walked around the whole mall a few times and it’s very underwhelming. the malls massive and if feels like there should be so much but there just isn’t. it’s weird to see everything closed off when there’s so much potential. there’s still phone case carts in the middle of walkways with cases that would fit an iphone 4. there’s also a playground in the middle of it which makes no sense. the whole place scares me more than anything

[@masonf7332]

This channel feels like there was an apocalypse that killed billions of people, and ur the only one left, wandering aimlessly through the ruins

[@D_S_88]

Haha, Dan that tanning segment paired with the macabre editing; ace. Thanks for the laugh, hope all is well.

[@kingofrapture]

I'm gonna jokingly call this episode, "The One Where Dan Was Savage As Fuck." lol

[@Jman926]

That was inappropriate.

[@Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush]

ReddRaeReviews For real lmao.

[@penelopepetite2228]

Basically the way I'd put it too, especially since I've seen him go to waaaay worse looking malls. I didn't even hate the look of the pace... it's just not a look I'd care to see at a mall. But hey, I'm no doctor.

[@Ducky195]

This is epic comedy

[@jesuszamora6949]

It certainly is Dan at his most visceral.

[@americanShurtugalEntertainment]

This place would have done amazing here in the midwest because we have nothing and a mall with all these play areas and the aesthetic would be such fun

[@LinuxDaily]

that tan perfect ad edit at the beginning was probably the funniest thing ive seen this week!

[@RadioCitrus]

Fun fact: The mall's freeway interchange with Route 28 cost $21,730,708.

[@bycion7770]

Radio Citrus Podcast now we know where all the budget went lmao

[@tyronenewsom3047]

How does a mall that opened in 2005 have such gaudy 80's - 90's kitschy design? I'm honestly confused by that.

[@kevdel761]

Tyrone Newsom Nice profile picture

[@Triplechoco52]

In 2005, the "90s" was just wearing off. 1999 was 6 years ago. The Nintendo Gamecube and PS2 have come out and are relatively fresh in people's minds. Some 90s shows were still aired. People still used TV that only had DD (Edit: SD, not "DD") and no HD support at all. The hipster/coffee shop style of stores didn't really pick up until early 2010s. That's when the 90s died (at least, technology wise with the advent of widespread smartphones and wifi everywhere, 1080p being the "standard", etc).

[@super_genius]

Jay G and not to mention it obviously had to be planned and designed quite a bit before it was built

[@ki5aok]

+Tyrone Newsom : Just a guess, but it may be because of the company that owned the mall, Mills Corporation. Almost all of their malls use this same design...and this theme was adopted sometime in the 90's. I know Katy Mills, which is the mall near where I live, has this same type of layout and that was opened in 1999.

[@jonathantan2469]

Which makes you wonder... in 10 years time, what is going to replace the current minimalist pseudo-retro post-industrial hipster 'Smith & Wilkenson' A E S T H E T I C with it's Tolix barstools, Edison filament bulbs and all...?

[@themanwhoknew9365]

Dan Bell: this place stinks, its the ugliest thing ive ever seen. Me: i would literally live in there

[@whatshisname3304]

that's an idea. 😀

[@og7137]

These videos are amazing. The idea of hauntology is so fascinating and these videos truly capture that time capsule feel. There's a mall in my town that's a ghost town in the making!

[@Roz-90]

In 15 years, this kind of blandness will probably be the new "A E S T H E T I C"

[@0vum]

Rosalind Causey unfortunately it already is tbh

[@-lollipopsunder-7044]

Was about to say, this is basically already vapor foder, a e s t h e t i c isnt just restricted to things decades old, its for things lost to the past that dont have a future.

[@amalija11]

lol that intro was unexpected~

[@CB-db1qx]

Amalija ummmm not gonna lie, that intro gave me anxiety. I'm not into creepy surrealism

[@BubbaMonster12]

Amalija unexpected but delicious

[@NathanDavisVideos]

Yeah that intro was a bit disturbing at parts; but it also was a bit goof-ballish at other parts.

[@genghistron00]

Amalija loved it

[@brigzy09]

Amalija go check his first dead mall video, it's the same kidmnda beginning

[@cc_0389]

I’ve been there! The mall itself is literally so aesthetically pleasing and beautiful to walk thru if u mind the empty ass shops💀

[@bernlin2000]

I always find the music coming from the malls in this series to be eerie, yet oddly relaxing too.

[@Justiceisahero]

This is the clinical depression of malls

[@phatdoeentertainment5539]

I T S A G A L E R I A

[@itsbunnz5295]

I’m going down a rabbit hole with these videos help-

[@kamiiu]

samee

[@jimbob8088]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5fWnnt8hq16pa8 Hope this helps!

[@PercabethLovernot]

Same wtf how did I get here

[@t.p.3456]

I should be sleeping right now. 🛌📱

[@projectamis4772]

once you are in, you are never getting out. sorry.

[@laylahmouz898]

the food court gives me like some sort of old vibes, i think it’s cute.

[@Tony12097]

4:45 I was expecting you to touch that car!!

[@nicoleonyx9186]

Dammit, I spilled my bottle of Tan Perfect and missed half the video!

[@christopherweaver9543]

Now everything around you but you is Tan Perfect

[@STUCKINACAKE]

Imagine buying the mall for $100 and then just turning it into a house :thinking:

[@cman645]

STUCK IN A CAKE you would have all that space to think about the hundreds of millions you now owe the bank as owner lol

[@azimuth361]

I would make it my own personal indoor race track. And the parking lot would be my outdoor race track.

[@nagariboshiwolf]

even if you didnt owe millions to the bank after getting it (which u would), you would still have to pay ten of thousands upon thousands a month for property taxes and air bills lmao

[@avensis8526]

lets get less serious here, if taxes weren't applied to this mall I would immediately buy it for that price. But then again, I would just make a man cave in one of those shops and not care about any other part lol

[@michelveraliot]

You can remake dawn of the dead with ur friend

[@neondarkgaming334]

Your disdain for this mall makes me chuckle.

[@burns8772]

LMAO the SARCASM in the whole episode is golden thank you dan bell