80s Mall 

No computers? Speak for yourself. I had a TRS-80 CoCo 2, a Commodore Vic-20, and an Amstrad PC. And kids didn't spend that much time outside. Just like this video shows, we went to the MALL. That isn't technically outside.

My kids gather with other kids at gathering places. Not much has changed.

@@JNugent74 i was born in the 2000s and Which is gen z and trust me theirs nothing really special about this gen. My age group is majority full of gossip drama smoking having sex gang violence etc. Society has a huge play in that. Social media clearly ruined a lot they promote negative things for people in my age group to see and copy. We don’t have a lot of positive influences

@@vminajj1267 Social media amplifies the negatives way too much.

It was indeed more lively and colorful. Compared to today it was a dreamworld. As a teenager you thought the rest of the world was like this oblivious to the fact that the rest of the world was in the crapper relatively speaking.

You are SO right man. Today things are just so MINIMAL and boring. Even a McDonald's location was ADORNED in the 80s! There was liveliness and NEON everywhere ---- not to mention amazing beats!

Honestly,it was a better time, I miss it.

You got that right....

Yes

Eileen Kauffman..... Did you see the size of the soft drink cups compared to the Mega size we have now, geesh; that's why we were so skinny then.

What I wouldn't give to go back to the 80s and relive my childhood 😥

I graduated in 1981 from HS...the 80’s were AWESOME!!!!

Michael Knight Isn’t it still like that the the kids today?

An arcade, a Waldenbooks, Sam Goody, Suncoast Motion Picture Company, Babbages/Software Etc./Electronics Boutique, Radio Shack, Sears having electronics and entertainment sections.. I miss some of the ones I've been checkin' out in my dreams. I seriously wish VR would return us to such places soon.

I have loved the mall my entire life. I always said it looks like going to the mall as a teen in the 80s looked like so much fun. I was a kid then.

PeteChris Amusements It is sad but hey at least we got to enjoy it unlike todays youths

I know it wasn't just a dream.. The 1980s were the best decade ever..

@@melissaann1401 it really was special. I know i'll be raising my kids like it's 1989. I want them to actually have a real childhood.

Mel Gibson after Two Beers I know right!! By the way your user name made me laugh 🤣

I know you posted this 2 years ago but try watching it these days, it makes you feel even worse :(

Mine is.

Me 2

And with all this mess going on these days, I miss it even more! Nothing enjoyable now, nothing. Everything technology is not necessarily a good thing.

@Neheb Sehetep Netjeru Sekhet-Aaru I can understand that. I often think of how nice it would be to just throw my phone in the ocean and be done with it lol. I think rewinding like that is a great idea, I do days where I call them 80's days, too. Music, tv , movies..no internet. It is so peaceful and relaxing. I don't care to hear about this or that celeb, I don't care, they don't care about us, I do not need to know what they ate for bfast that day, who cares lol. I think some people now are so self impressed and self important, they lost their manners and respect for everyone else. It was just a great, better time back then. It's nothing but a headache now...look at the headlines, nothing but chaos , every single day, you don't get a break from it. We have to give ourselves a break from it. Good idea losing the phone. We survived just fine without it back then, we are too conditioned to think we can't go down the street to run one errand without it now. It's ridiculous.

Robert Keefer Did you have smelly feet ! Many white males born from 1967-1970 had some of the stinkiest feet.

seeing this footage just like a dream but im not born yet in that year

That’s the Ronald Reagan decade for a reason. Class.

@@felix121984 you must be on a good trip

And I want to go to the 80s cause I’ve never seen them

We had paneling in the basement. In the living room we had a wall of mirrors.

Old school furniture and styling love it. chandelier, carpets, wallpaper oh yeah jazz music

Things look better with neon squiggles too.

I think wood paneling in the living room started in the 70s. My grandfather had wood paneling in his living room.

Me! I want to go back to my childhood

Me!!!!

Take me please!!!

Come aboard all. It will be a one way ticket though meaning closing the door on our present day of who we are

i do i grew up then what fun times

WulfOne Online shopping has been killing malls! Why buy stuff at a mall when it's a lot cheaper online and with online shopping, you don't have to go store to store to find something that's hard to find.

Online shopping only makes up 8% of over all retail sales. It accounts for very little. Just a several years ago it was at 5% of over all retail sales. It's not online shopping that's killing the malls. It's the fact that the American middle class is eroding. Wages are stagnant or going down and there isn't many jobs in the US.

WulfOne Sure lol. Jeff Bezos didn't become the new Bill Gates by investing in shopping malls.

@@wulfone5961 thanks to nafta.

SIMON MALLS are still nice....and very busy...they are only located in high population areas with lots of $$...Miami Beach Area one....downtown Indianapolis has one...SIMONS know how to do it!!! Most are 3 levels or more!!

Untrue. Racism was much more blatant, and people were jerks to each other. The world hasn't changed that much. Don't be blinded by nostalgia. I long for some of my childhood memories as well, but try to keep some perspective. My children have much more empathy than I had 35 years ago.

@@JNugent74 you’re just being ridiculous. Racism today is far worse than any point in history. Gimme a break. Even a a teenager knows racism it’s that sad. 80s was a revival times. Seen and read enough about it to know.

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It's much harder to meet people today. They are too interested in their social meeting fake life to be engaged in a real one.

And the smells! I still remember walking into our mall and smelling the pizza place that was right around from the entrance.

Yes!

I miss the 80s Soo much what happend to simple times you could meet someone and make a friend out of that what happend I don't get this era at all

it’s about to be 4am and im up way good this

it sure ia sad to think that these days are gone forever but at least we have the memories

I know it's sad, but at least you got to live it! That was the best time to be alive! Today's youth have nothing to look forward to, really. I feel bad for them. I was born in 1986, so I do remember the very tail end of 1989 onwards! Luckily for us, the early 90's still had some of that 80's magic in them!

5 7 9, The Limited , Abercrombie (before it became crap) and Merry go Round, yes! those were my go to stores then!

And the 2000's.

KB Toys. Hot Dog on a Stick.

@@starwhisper7869 No one really wanted to eat at Hot Dog on a Stick but we all remember it lol

I love this comment. I'm a VERY BIG 80S and mall fan. You put those 2 together and I'm in heaven on earth. I wish I had a time machine. I'd go back to 1985 and make myself 16 and go to the mall with all my friends.

It start with you. I’m going out more n more for past 3 years. Supporting all local businesses.

Love the 80s to cheers

Yes

I was born in '82 as well and I remember the mid-late 80's mall experience too. And the 90's. It was the place to go if you wanted something to do on the weekend.

Born in '82....me too!!! ✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽

@@merfwriter yup you are right

I remember it all

Jehieli Donis same

One day they'll say the same about THE TIME YOU WERE BORN! enjoy where you are NOW!,before it becomes a memory as this time,the eighties has become,i was born in the days of tv being black and white,always wanted to live in The 21st century. NOW THAT I'M HERE, apart from some tech i would have KILLED for back then,i WISHED i hadn't spent all my life wanting to be in this century,sad,sad mistake. Have a great life,YOU ONLY GET ONE!

I was a teenager in the 80s. If I could time travel to any decade, I would go back to the 80s

@@jujuseducer6055 exactly

what about chess king

Orange Julius was delicious.

I think you're on to something.

With arcades and vinyl stores. Apart from shopping for clothes and makeup, me and my best friend used to play arcades until we ran out of quarters and A good chunk of my paycheck went to buying albums. I miss the human interaction of 80s mall culture. If this 80s mall is ever created NO CELL PHONES ALLOWED. People watching was part of the fun of 80s mall culture !!

@@ED80s "Vinyl stores".....THEY'RE CALLED RECORDS. Unless you mean flooring

@@KingFahtah lol. My son is in his 20s and the kids today call them vinyls .... Albums and records....you are right 😂

1. Put your smart phone down. 2. Stop ordering off amazon. 3. Say hi to a stranger.

I’m living 80s already. Ppl like to vibe with me. Buy an old school car- best way attract old school.

@Neheb Sehetep Netjeru Sekhet-Aaru I got rid of mine 2 yrs ago for the same reason, and don't miss it at all (have a land line and tablet though). We still have control over a few things in our life. Never bought anything from Amazon, still listen to 80's CD's on my JVC player (I bought in '86), still go to actual stores if I want something. I have no idea who the 'stars' are today, mostly read books, watch old movies and avoid much news. If the weather is decent, I'm outdoors.

@@SK-bb6ms damn bro I can't ever

We didn’t have them.

I wish the 80s and 90s never ended. Better days, far from perfect, but better for the majority of the U.S.

@Makenzie Child I think I know how you feel. I sometimes used to feel bad that I was born in the 1980s because of what I missed from the 1970s, but now I clearly understand that my parents would’ve been too young to know how to raise me back then. There is no such thing as a wrong era to be born in. If you think the past was better, you’re not trying hard enough to make the best of your present time. Not many people do nowadays because they’re too selfish! I’d stay away from those people!

Great comment, ThisGuyFrritz! Mall theatres had an extra-special vibe, IMHO!

Everyday this world is becoming worse

our kids were rob of their childhood by dystopian megacorporations.

All this because of vanishing malls??

@@daphne4983 it's not the malls themselves, it's the ideas they represent.

@@melgibsonaftertwobeers6119 what do they then represent?

Yep, even made eye contact and smiled!!! Now you'd be considered a creep for that!

OMG they still do that

The quality of the toys where also superior. Better materials and construction.

BillyBlocks Vaporware is a fever dream mixture between past and future, the music equivalent of deja vu

Lite OS Vaporwave = a dream that you can't remember, but you keep trying to

I lived through both decades. The 90's were just as good, in my opinion.

@@mastrtonberry2 Agree, 80s and 90s where awesome, 2000-2007 where decent.

There is an episode of Black Mirror called San Junipero. I'd pay to go back (as my younger self) to the 80s anytime!

I don't think we can ever replicate these times. The internet and social media really screwed everything up. Even the guys who started Facebook predicted this would happen.

I miss the way people acted back then, that's why I'm a loner now lol

@@kimwarner1681 very true indeed. But there are old school ppl out there still. I meet them here and there. At grocery stores etc.. somehow you know the old school way when you interact with a likd minded person. New age wannabe ? Forget it they don’t even respect their parents on anybody.

Look up Vaporwave art and music, as well as Outrun music.

@@ayabrea7920 oh don't worry ik everything about synthwave 😉

No It’s the erosion of the middle class that is killing malls

Yeah Lerners!!! The movies were great too Romancing the Stone, Children of the Corn, Friday the 13th woohoo

Remember Hot Dog On A Stick? lol It was always next to Orange Julius

My favorite store for clothes was Casual Corner. My first job was in 1979 doing inventory for the Squire Shop (competition was the Jean Machine).

Thank you.