I have been living in Birkdale for 6 months now. I was always shock that before I moved to NC in 05 I had never seen anything like it before. Its like living in a mall. If you look at any mall there is.Birkdale has the same stuff. Restaraunts, movie theater, clothing stores, entertainment shoos and food specality shops. The only thing birkdale doesnt have I wish they did was a place that sells bagels...or at least a quick breakfast