Inside a Dead Mall - Part II

[GrowinupinSincity81]

Great footage. I grew up in Columbia and vaguely recall the RichLand Mall. I wish more people captured these forgotten locales on video. Now, that I'm in Las Vegas, I endlessly search for Mall footage.

[mulattoassassin]

is this place still around.

[bigdanbear]

The death of America retail. Store by store. Sad.

[papadop]

Why is this mall still open? Has there been any discussion about closing it? Keeping it open seems like such a waste of resources (electricity, etc.)

[bradye21]

How is such an interesting and nice looking mall dead? Is there even one store open? Are the anchors even open??

[halverdha1]

I say make it into a huge paintball arena witha zombie theme

[CastleSnowflake]

@halverdha1 you are so right and i see there is alot of abandoned buildings in the US looking on youtube

[1977Melville]

Dead?! Looks like its decomposing!

[AmericaTomorrow]

sad

[1mermaidbethany]

Have u been to inlet square mall? That place was almost dead until they put in that huge bowling alley and arcade and remodeled everything I was so happy it didn't close :)

[xroxysweetiex6]

is this mall abandoned?? or are you just in there when all the stores are closed. Because theres like music playing and stuff..

[steveinphilly]

Who the heck are the people in the food court--and what are they eating?!?!

[lilrabbitjr21]

so y is it dead???

[Wulf8933]

1:50 - 1:55 Zombies!

[7saxby]

that power bill must be bank

[SusanandMeredith]

@Frankopinion I don't think the demographics have changed much nor do I think this is a high crime neighborhood - the surrounding neighborhoods are actually quite nice. Originally this was an open-air mall that was torn down & rebuilt into the larger fancier mall that it is today. I think it was designed to appeal to the upper middle class & wealthy & included upscale department stores as anchors. There were just never enough patrons to keep them in business & the mall never got its footing.

[Frankopinion]

Is this mall in a high crime neighborhood? Changing demographics?

[SusanandMeredith]

@vbboyd: except I don't think India is a communist country.

[SusanandMeredith]

@vbboyd: Well said. Thanks for your comment.

[vbboyd]

Dead shopping malls, abandoned homes and neighborhoods, shuttered office complexes and factory buildings, all over America. Signs and just proof positive of the Great Depression this country is in right now. This is the net effect of what you get when you have a corporate policy of divesting yourself from the American workforce and outsourcing all the jobs to cheap labor communist countries like China, Vietnam and India.

[TheJLSdestroyer]

1.54 in the food court- ZOMBIES

[LizzieD70]

Excellent video. One day this mall will be closed (unless they get some tenants) but you will still have an excellent representation of it before it died...

[AllisonTheSNLGuru]

That's actually a beautiful mall...we have one in this area that is not a dead mall and is in deplorable condition - it really badly needs a makeover and is only still in existance because of Boscov's. If that closed, then Burlington Coat Factory would be done for as well. I danced in a Christmas show at the "looks like a dead mall" in my area, but normally wouldn't go near there for anything.

This is just a beautiful mall, such a shame. Hope things turn around for it!

[SusanandMeredith]

@joedawg112 thanks!

[SusanandMeredith]

@MarkCindi1 The mall is still open and well cared for, but nobody shops there. There are only a few stores remaining open - Belk's department store, TGIF Restaurant and Barnes and Noble bookstore are the big ones - but you don't actually have to enter the mall to go to these stores.

[MarkCindi1]

is that mall closing or iz it dead or is it abandoned with every thing on r sometin

[joedawg112]

good video i love abandon malls.