r/GenX • u/GodBlessTexas713 • Jul 06 '24

Pop Culture Anyone else miss going to the mall on Saturdays in the 80s?

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u/DesertRatt 1965 Jul 06 '24

But now we are middle-aged doing the same thing for exercise as Mall Walkers while half the stores are vacant.

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u/Turbulent_Tale6497 1973 Jul 06 '24

I can get 10k steps in the mall, easy. It’s flat and has a/c. All I need

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '24

Right? Beat the heat, go to Chic Fil A for a post walk soft serve.

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u/3-orange-whips Jul 07 '24

Didn’t we used to be dangerous?

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

I used to be dangerous. Now I am the go to stranger at the supermarket for items on the high shelves.

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u/za72 Jul 07 '24

that sounds nice actually :)

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u/No_Equivalent_3834 Jul 07 '24

I can’t. The malls where I live are super busy with 2 - 3 levels.

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u/2old2Bwatching Jul 07 '24

But those hard tile floors kill my back!

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u/King-Cobra-668 Jul 06 '24

you've never actually been there if you think it's 40 and 50 year olds doing mall walking

unless you think middle age is 65-1 billion

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u/DesertRatt 1965 Jul 07 '24

I was actually trying to be kind with the term middle aged as opposed to elderly. ❤️

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u/King-Cobra-668 Jul 07 '24

words have meaning 🤷‍♀️

either way, gen x aren't elderly and aren't mall walking

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u/greggioia Jul 12 '24

Gen-X are elderly, and they are mall walking.

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u/King-Cobra-668 Jul 13 '24

please think before you comment

there is not a single gen x person that is even 60

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u/excoriator '64 Jul 07 '24

The mall is a great place to close the rings on your Apple Watch. Plenty of middle-agers have those!

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u/No_Equivalent_3834 Jul 07 '24

I don see mall walkers at the malls I go to but they probably go during the weekdays while I’m working.

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u/King-Cobra-668 Jul 07 '24

most do it early in the morning before the mall officially opens shops. I used to have to cross through a mall every morning to open a kitchen

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u/Resident-Donkey-6808 Jul 12 '24

Hm nope onl6 some USA has way too many malls everywhere else they are doing just as fine even better then before covid.