Walking around a mall in 1991 

This was about the time the much smaller Hi8mm camcorders came out. I owned both at that time and the new ones were about a quarter the size of those VHS camcorders but had a better picture like shown in this video. I remember though when I got my first VHS camera in the mid-80's, some people thought I was a news camerman 😂😂😂

Notice how no one acts obnoxious and freakout over the camera.

@@annatheinnotz4901 They know not what they see. This was a time when being recorded never meant you could be plastered up on the interwebz for the world to see in a matter of seconds - if not live - of the recording. At the very best cameraman could stop, lower the camera and rewind the tape, and play it back through the viewfinder one person and one eye at a time.

Lmao 🤣

Amen

It's B-roll footage for news channels. Not a time traveller lol.

That what I'm saying he a beast I swear

Its footage from TV news at the time called B-roll footage. It's all public domain stuff that you can request and obtain easily.

​@@thecentralscrutinizer304 Okay but this particular person had a real knack for capturing more than just an image. They were an artist. I've watched so many of these and it feels like they opened a window and simply filmed through it.

Watch "Metcalf South 1994" that is also another cool mall video from back then.

I would have loved to experience it as an adult. Ah well. I still got the 90s as a kid. I remember the world without rampant cell phone and internet prevalence. The 2000s were looked at with hope and wonder for the future. And it was...for about a year and a half. Then 9/11 happened. Still not old enough to appreciate just how much that changed the global atmosphere being 12 and all. Things rebounded by the mid-00s for a bit though. Then 2008 happened. Still young enough not to fully appreciate that. Then by 2014 the world was into full online cesspool mode. It's been in decline ever since. We're about 1 step away to having ads in our dreams Futurama style. People can't be referred to as he/she without possibly offending someone. Online 'content' is rarely produced out of genuine care for the subject matter but rather likes and popularity.

as someone who is almost 17 now, born in 2007, i would’ve died to be a teenager or even a child in this time. no one walking around staring at their phone, no social media,, people looked truly in the moment talking to one another and i haven’t felt that atmosphere truly existed since i was a little kid.

We were so blessed if we were born in the 70s as I was. Would not trade it for anything.

I would of loved to see it I was born in 1999

That sucks.​@@amberburnett1914

So awesome to see you again!

And now old or dead.

Almost everyone today wears nothing but black. Why?

It's refreshing to not see any bro's in backwards caps, or wearing male shorts as long as skirts. Hip hop fashion really screwed everything up to the point of no return.

@@goldenhourkodak Or grey. It's the same with cars. All you see is a bunch of black or grey on the road. One thing I always notice when looking at footage or movies from the 90s and 80s is there was a LOT more color everywhere. A lot of bright colors! Now everything is dull, dreary, and grey, which I guess is perfect for the depressing world we live in today.

I've thought about this too. My childhood mall, the largest one in Michigan, is on the demolish block. I love watching these vids, as depressing as they are, but I'm not sure I want to go back. I can see the light at the end of my tunnel, and I no longer fear it.

Life can be good now too, if you want it to be

No way ..

@@ectozoologist9573can’t compare man, things were much more simpler and people had less health and mental problems, guess why ?

@@solarlola5953I bet you was not even born in 91 . Ask anybody who was born in the 80s and earlier who lived the 90s as a kid , teen and young adult (my situation as I was 9 in 1990, 14 in 95 and 18 in 99) and 10 out of 10 will agree life was much happier .

So you now are in your 50s. Why do you miss that time compared to now days? What's so different.

​@@marcopolo3109it felt different not to always be connected and entertained. You'd have more time with your thoughts and could focus more on reading. Life was slower paced and people less angry. You can relax more when you're not always on call with a phone.

​@@marcopolo3109The culture was different. People were different. Diversity through immigration breaks apart high trust societies by decreasing social cohesion.

​@@None-y2fthank you bro take us back in that time please best times ever

I was born

That’s kinda how decades work.

No, two completely different decades. 90s sucked, 80s were great.

Early 90s was neon and wacky of the 80s

​@@monk4ever Bush 90s definitely sucked with the Gulf War and the recession. Clinton 90s were great though!! Prosperous and fun!

@@monk4ever 80s were great but I enjoyed the 90s more because I turned 21 in that decade and could really get out and enjoy adult activities.

I love to hear positive stories like yours. Congratulations and Happy Belated Anniversary!!

@@danielmarquis5258 Thanks!

Miss walking around the mall with my two now late wives,,we had fun then so much positivity ❤,,now I've been a widow for 6 years and don't think I'd trust trying to meet another woman its too scary nowadays 😢

Agreed. Great comment 👍 I owe you an email btw

@@vampirerobot You do! I asked you a question a while back and you never responded, you big jerk.

It’s beautiful with the neon

I agree that store is AWESOME

2:50 Top LHS. A Sega Genesis and the boxes of Sonic and Castle of Illusion. Nostalgia hitting hard. I miss the 90s A LOT.

Yep, I was 13 in 1991 and I had one.

With arcades, my God, I want to go back right now.

Yes, I get very aggravated when you want to just simply walk into a store and find the product you’re looking for and when you ask an employee about it they say they don’t carry it in stock but can order it lol what’s the point in that you could have done that on your own, it’s the experience of going in and them having it in stock to where you don’t have to order it Makes it nice

Payphones were there in the malls.

We were so ignorant. We eventually learn as time progresses though.

@@BWItoATXF Better to be ignorant and free in your mind.

​@@bardo0007(dying of totally preventable respiratory disease) at... Least... I was... Free........

@@philtll do you expect to live forever?

I hated the odor of cigarettes but now I would much rather smell it than vape juice or disgusting, skunky pot.

And used to be a very big deal. Great comment 👍

Video camera footage in 1991 was decent. It wasn't 1955.

I remember that as a little child, it was in every restaurants.

You are discounting that sometimes today they are in peoples faces. You are also not considering you could be flamed, fired, or arrested from what they do or say on social media. Back then no almost no one did this in public except for the news media and that was rare. At best you had a family video at your home or for a short time or on a family trip. So there was no way it was going to end up on the internet. Everybody now knows what they do or say could be used against them on the internet. Therefore many don't feel comfortable about it.

@@KyleReeseCel2029 you do have a point. That's why I also know that with the camera nowadays, there are a lot of people that use it for "bad" content. Such as harassment content in public places and they claim that they can do that because it's "public". Which is true, but you know what I mean, just like what you said. Anyway, I also think the videos on this channel are mixed. Some might be "news media" but some also look like just regular people with camcorders. We all know there was no phone cameras back then either. Also, the internet... yes, that can be used for false/bad information as well. So I guess I was just mentioning how people back then was more relaxed. And people nowadays have to deal with more stress, bad mental health, worse drugs, etc. But I do understand your point. Respects.

@bgpinoy I think the quality of the people is somewhat different as you alluded to them being more pleasant. Today it cost more to live, less people are having families, more men are sexless, popular culture is almost entirely garbage, more people are significantly socially/politically divided, people are getting cancelled, and the government blames some groups while gives others benefits. I think all of that contributes to a worse quality of life for many. More uptight people and shittier attitudes. I'm not the same as I was growing up because of life.

​@@KyleReeseCel2029Same here and most of the news are opinionated fluff pieces meant to have people argue online which only makes us angrier because alot of Americans don't have much else. The news used to be there only to deliver information and find out what's happening and NOT give you opinions on white people or black people or anyone else.

Those people smoking better be lucky they lived in the years that smoking was not an issue in the malls.

lol people aren't afraid to say Merry Christmas, stop watching Fox

That's awesome! Thanks so much for the kind words .. 😀

Eh, life after 2010 doesn't exist, it's all a figment of our imagination. ;-)

All the tapes are confiscated to be used as evidence in court…

They had newspapers and magazines to look at while sitting on the bench.

I’m watching this on my phone thinking the same thing 😂

That's interesting. Why do you think it's Dadeland Mall?

Not the OP, but the area featured in the 4 minute mark is reminiscent of the older section of Dadeland with the skylights and the grey floors. It is a long walkway with kiosks in the middle, tall ceilings that feature natural light.

@@andreacastillo4051 OP? But yes looks just like Dadeland mall!

@@vampirerobot the layout and the tile you show at one point leads me to believe its dadeland. If its not dadeland, it has a twin. I worked at a store next to the jc penny in the mid 2000s

I have social anxiety myself, but I feel like it could be cured if only I could go to a mall in the 90s like this one where people are more relaxed and laid back and smartphones/social media don't exist.

scusa,ma è molto meglio ora che non si possa fumare dato che fa molto male per la salute

@@andreamarelli6128 in ways it is better, it ways its worse. But I understand why it's not allowed anymore.

Karens

@@oliverdelgado6952 They don't care. Many seem to be quite pleased about being on the internet. Fact is recording stuff now isn't a niche 'oh cool buddy has a camcorder' thing and is almost always seen in the negative because it so easily is. Even if you didn't do anything wrong you could wind up online and with fairly simple doctoring made to look in the wrong. Hell assholes now have entire channels dedicated to going out to start shit for a response to record.

70-80% of people are overweight/obese now its like a totally different species

It's sad but you're right. Aside from the smoking in public still being a thing it does appear most people are much better off.

says the JAG that worships jesus....

​@chadwickelliott1461 you will regret it

@@chadwickelliott1461 why what do you worship, WiFi?

@@teevee23Not for me. I'm converting to Judasim. 💯

@@Nixonbutcher regret what? What is your beta ass gonna do?

🤣🤣🤣

lol...Alf is somewhere here in the comment section. Surprised he didn't notice. Great eyes btw!

Lol

Don’t forget “life was so good” ….”everyone loved one another” 😂

Something about “Nobody staring at a smartphone!” or “No fat people!”

Yep

Because they still had 20th century values and even the hairstyles/clothes are influenced by the 50s/60s but with 80s hairspray, they really tried to get society back on track but by the mid 90s thanks to the popularity of reality tv and glamorizing teen pregnancy single momma culture it paved the way to what we got now...

Yes, lots actually.

@vampirerobot Remember That Toy Store Went Bankrupt In 1992