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@blurredlights5235

Жыл бұрын

is there a full video of the tan perfect edit??

"Bye Mom, I'm going to a quiet place to study." "The library?" "No, too rowdy. The mall."

@sophiazonno8663

5 жыл бұрын

Minerva Packulev go fuck your self this mall was a place I enjoyed when I was younger and I was once bustling with people

@sophiazonno8663

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry its just I grew up with this place and that joke is still funny I just over reacted

@dani-xw3lc

5 жыл бұрын

The Galería not the mall!!

@jasburger

5 жыл бұрын

Robo Chicken Malls are kinda dead now

@natalieking9246

5 жыл бұрын

Long as there is free wifi

Everything looks so shiny and new, yet so empty and depressing.

@theangryitalian7922

5 жыл бұрын

wherethefishlives like my life

@Nicole-cz7vp

5 жыл бұрын

@@theangryitalian7922 best comment

@nohcole

5 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget outdated... that’s what really does it

@ekoefan4life793

5 жыл бұрын

How can you not be in the sun for 7 years unless your a recluse????? You can’t avoid it unless all your shades are down too in the house even then it still comes through....

@b-jo6269

5 жыл бұрын

Like a typical suburb

3:35 that easter bunny waving made the mall million times depressing than before. I feel sad and cringed at the same time.

@jeffumbach

4 жыл бұрын

I felt sorry for that bored, lonely Easter Bunny.

@Mehtaru

4 жыл бұрын

I kinda want to give the bunny a hug after that, this whole place is just depressing.

@Dudeson34

3 жыл бұрын

at 3:20 he isn't alone :3

I just realized this is a perfect job for a introvert- no one bothers you, you get paid, there’s almost no one to bother. Perfect!

@sethhowell198

4 жыл бұрын

Only bad part about it is no ones hiring because they can barely afford to stay afloat

This mall looks like it was designed by Nickelodeon Studios.

@heathermcdowellmusic

7 жыл бұрын

Mr.Huggles thats what i was thinking

@bornyesterday21

7 жыл бұрын

Mr.Huggles ... lol .. good comparison.

@floricity7121

7 жыл бұрын

Mr.Huggles pffft pretty sure they have their work Cut out for them at the mall of America

@abyssalplanes

7 жыл бұрын

galleria*

@floricity7121

7 жыл бұрын

XD

i feel like the echoed music makes it just so much more depressing

@super_genius

6 жыл бұрын

Juverna Flood its just a soundtrack its not actually in the mall

@drcoolcabbage

6 жыл бұрын

Nothing says "empty" like the sound of cheap mall radios and absolutely nothing else.

@Ducky195

6 жыл бұрын

I find it somewhat nostalgic and comforting

@meesalikeu

6 жыл бұрын

do you feel like it or does it?

@1birdwatcherr

6 жыл бұрын

look up mallsodt

I went there when it first opened. Pittsburgh is a city that relies heavely on public transportation. The mills wouldn't allow bus stops on their property. It was damned from the start

@jimberkey2894

3 жыл бұрын

Yes exactly. Ross park mall has two buses that stop at the mall and they are doing quite well last I had checked.

@simondaniel4028

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimberkey2894 Good point. I should take the T to South Hills, I've not been there in a long time and I'm curious of that mall now.

@ItzBIULD

2 жыл бұрын

I used to visit when I was five and I got to visit like 8-9 years later...it was SO LIVELY IN 2013 too

@ItzBIULD

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimberkey2894 still doing well, GAP closed though.

@gerardkowalski7683

2 жыл бұрын

As a bus driver i approve this message.

Am i the only who loves the aesthetic of this mall, just the colours and decorations just feel dream-like and childlike

@scdu

4 жыл бұрын

It's so mid 00's

@SMTMainline

4 жыл бұрын

I agree. Mills made these malls so interesting instead of just building something super dull.

@laureljade3476

4 жыл бұрын

90s esque like childhood memories.

@pannoni8449

4 жыл бұрын

@@scdu Really, that was the last time that indoor malls were semi-relevant. Even when this opened, e-commerce was already starting to take off and people were increasingly starting to trend away from suburban-style shopping in favor of urban shopping strips, big boxes, and outdoor "lifestyle centers". This pandemic may sadly make this mall look like Century III not too far from now, another once great mall that fell on hard times, though at least Century III had nearly 20 good years before its rapid decline and has lots of fond memories for Gen Xers. At least Philadelphia Mills on the other side of the state isn't doing as bad, but even that isn't quite as busy as it was in its '00s heyday. Arundel and Potomac Mills near DC/Baltimore are holding up pretty good for now, and Live! Casino has helped in Arundel's case. But this sadly represents the Millennial generation's youth quickly fading away as the front end of that demo enters middle age.

@ilzymoose3316

3 жыл бұрын

Fr

I know people don't rollerskate much anymore but i've always loved the idea of rollerskating in a empty mall that has marble floors XD

@user-lu4xp7iv8c

5 жыл бұрын

AzumaSailor good idea

@TheOneTrueAnswer

5 жыл бұрын

Funnily enough, that's actually one of my recurring dreams: Rollerskating through a mall.

@MilqyMilque

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheOneTrueAnswer Oh dang. Good or bad dream?

@TheOneTrueAnswer

5 жыл бұрын

@@MilqyMilque Almost always a lot of fun. So, you might be onto something.

@nematocyxt

5 жыл бұрын

People don't rollerskate much? bro you should come to my town the rollerskating place is literally thriving, its like a main hub for majority of the people in the town

I think someone should buy one of these malls and turn it into a laser tag arena. That'd be so sick.

@quack5003

5 жыл бұрын

Paintball or airsoft that would be cool

@N_behr

5 жыл бұрын

We had a paintball place in an empty section of a mall in my hometown.. it was pretty cool, but went the way of everything else in the mall

@richyan9323

5 жыл бұрын

You could buy a piece of property and make a great laser tag arena for a tenth of what it would cost to buy this place.

@jasonl8326

5 жыл бұрын

Or convert into the largest haunted house in the world. Actually, walking through an abandoned mall in the dead of night is scary enough, so no renovation required.

@inco-gneito7543

5 жыл бұрын

They had laser tag there before. It was awesome looking on psychadelics, but it's gone now.

You know it's all over when you see this man walking around your mall

@GentleLiASMR

2 жыл бұрын

he’s like the grim reaper of retail

Macy's, SEARS, JCPenney are always be the last man standing

@OtakuUnitedStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Military Circle Mall has none of those left. Especially since Sears closed over 90% of its stores and sold all its brands to other companies. Macy's left LONG ago, and Penny's even longer. The closest thing they have to an Anchor is a Ross, unless you count the theater.

@tacogladiator7503

4 жыл бұрын

Sears closed in our mall..first it was Carson Pierre Scott, then Sears, Forever 21 is next..only a matter of time before JcPennys folds and Macy’s runs..followed by Dicks pulling out (pun intended) Then our mall will be another carcass in Hobart Indiana.

@aydon1276

4 жыл бұрын

Patrick Star our SEARS left a few years ago. now it's a hudsons bay company outlet

@AWormsPurpose

4 жыл бұрын

They cleared out the Macy’s at our mall before anything else

@rommy143

4 жыл бұрын

That’s because anchors have to pay so much to breach leases

Am i one of the few people who actually thinks this mall is lovely? Its just really sad and depressing how empty and lifeless it is

@FinnValentineB

5 жыл бұрын

I think it's gorgeous, but what would I know? The mall I live by sucks.

@skyblueedits5815

5 жыл бұрын

It's great! Hi fellow gachatuber

@user-to4fo2xb8v

5 жыл бұрын

for 1993 maybe, it looks dated

@anonymoushuman8443

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah it looks really clean compared to some other malls shown in this channel

@schirins.6670

5 жыл бұрын

I also don't get the hate. I never saw a prettier mall. I live down in middle Europe and we don't have such a fancy thing here. There are so many things there. Are many USA malls like this?

dead malls are my aesthetic

@MacrossCain

6 жыл бұрын

*dead memes

@behema9815

6 жыл бұрын

* H I G H Q U A L I T Y E N T E R T A I N M E N T

@justabug1647

6 жыл бұрын

Cyranek me too

@reaganfranksbeauty297

6 жыл бұрын

I T S A G A L A R I A

@TheNnnnnnnnnnkkkkkkk

6 жыл бұрын

Meeee

Bland? I've never seen a mall with so much character and interesting designs

@Alcofoamer

4 жыл бұрын

I was just going to say that this is probably the most colourful mall I've ever seen in my life. Every mall is either shades of beige or back in the brown.

@merlinthebikewizard4392

4 жыл бұрын

@@Alcofoamer I don't think he is referring to the colors or design but the atomsphere is generic and boring and that was the downfall of the mall that people don't realized. They didn't offer anything different from each other.

@bryanchin856

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's more tacky than bland.

@PC10.8

4 жыл бұрын

@Alcofoamer assume you’re a railfan also?

@clockworktime7195

4 жыл бұрын

@@merlinthebikewizard4392 I think this mall really needed either a glass ceiling or an outside mall approach. I actually think the colors and design are nice, but they need more natural light. The artificial lights they have are lackluster and make everything so dreary.

The floor is absolutely immaculate! Either the cleaner needs a promotion or it's barely been walked on...

@justpeasoup

3 жыл бұрын

It’s the second option lol

Well that intro was unsettling af

@fuckoff9182

6 жыл бұрын

Cassidy Kuba yeah dude I was half asleep not expecting it at all, part of me thinking I'm imagining it.

@Chaviasmusic

6 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAAA!

@tonebonebgky2

6 жыл бұрын

Cassidy Kuba yeah what was with that tanning into lol.

@jamesgeese

6 жыл бұрын

Cassidy Kuba why

@09mpotato

6 жыл бұрын

the guy at 1:08 was pretty cute though

As someone who hates people, this place looks awesome.

@RogersBase

7 жыл бұрын

LMAOOOO

@Feverm00n

7 жыл бұрын

Movie Games I thought the same thing

@myra9999

7 жыл бұрын

Movie Games Precisely

@everydayaussie

7 жыл бұрын

ow the edge

@captainatt

7 жыл бұрын

Movie Games you cut me with your edge

I work here in the Macys and this mall is even more empty now than when you filmed this, lmao.

@silversurfer8208

4 жыл бұрын

Do you guys get put on suicide watch when you get a jobe there

@georgedudleysashtray3860

4 жыл бұрын

Jesus. How do you manage to stay awake through your shift lmao

@aaxtreme925

4 жыл бұрын

Malls around my area are always packed. Whats the difference with this mall?

@theworldoverheavan560

4 жыл бұрын

@@silversurfer8208 lol

@paulsbunions8441

4 жыл бұрын

idk bro working hourly with no customers sounds like the life to me

These dead malls are the perfect place to do a drug deal

@brandonalvarez7700

4 жыл бұрын

What I’m thinking

@Milliebeth69

4 жыл бұрын

fried rice cringe

@sethhowell198

4 жыл бұрын

There was a heroin bust not too long ago

"and here is the easter bunny, giving a thumbs up, most likely to a suicide pact" LMAO

@maxbrandt6

7 жыл бұрын

That one cracked me too! This was a very sad mall....I mean "galleria"!

@SP-zw3om

7 жыл бұрын

Anthony Lazieh I fucking LOST it 🤣

@fuckyomamabackwords2935

7 жыл бұрын

Anthony Lazieh i never laugh so hard inmy life

@nicoblaytherealflamingo445

7 жыл бұрын

Anthony Lazieh why would that cross his mind... That's what the mall does to its guest...or just being in P.A. will do it.

The arcade is the saddest thing I've ever seen.

@SOBEKCrocodileGod

5 жыл бұрын

Schuyler Dade at least it has Marvel vs Capcom 2 lol

@APizzle90

5 жыл бұрын

And Hydro Thunder

@CheebscastCheebs

5 жыл бұрын

@@SOBEKCrocodileGod that poor machine

@portal2kid

5 жыл бұрын

the necroposts never end, do they?

@skydiamsteam6005

5 жыл бұрын

Arus And you never shut up ?

Next thing you know it’s bought out by a spirit Halloween.

@sethhowell198

4 жыл бұрын

Only some stores have been bought out

@TERMINXX101

2 жыл бұрын

Spirit does come here every season, so you're kinda right.

5 kids that trampoline is doing better than the whole Mall actually

@CPD0123a

3 жыл бұрын

They took out the skywalk thing at some point in the last year or two. Rip

Why does this whole mall look like it was designed in the sims

@alexmcgrath6686

6 жыл бұрын

Liam McFarland not even the new Sims are this bad

@miaa1762

6 жыл бұрын

Ikr?

@davis6123

6 жыл бұрын

omg

@miaa1762

6 жыл бұрын

HyperionLord at least you can motherlode in the sims tho

@lizardqueen2058

6 жыл бұрын

Because it was

"If you obey all the rules you'll miss all the fun" quote outside a place you're not supposed to go inside

@utetwo9709

5 жыл бұрын

I wonder what's inside....

@dasbubba841

5 жыл бұрын

@@utetwo9709 Nothing but emptiness.

@vondahe

5 жыл бұрын

I would consider that an invitation to enter the closed stores.

@samtinkle9076

4 жыл бұрын

I feel like that should be the motto for Urbex

@EvesEvilVideos

4 жыл бұрын

i waa gonna say that too lmao

this mall is actually atheistically pleasing, and it’s relatively large. honestly better than some of the bigger malls that are still booming like robinson mall near pittsburgh. i don’t understand why malls like this go out of business so fast, especially this one

@raulsaavedraviolante4350

4 жыл бұрын

Many things come into play: Declining economy in many towns resulting in the loss of disposable income, lack of residential zones near the mall, crime ridden areas (which in fact, killed several of these places in the long term), change of buying habits and mall preferences, opening of newer, more modern and fashinable malls which make these ones irrelevant and the list goes on. Actually it's a shame this mall didn't reach its potential.

@nicholasshade

2 жыл бұрын

Don't call it a mall. It's a galleria.🍭❤

@mayavenuemisfit814

Жыл бұрын

Poor management and poor location. It's in the middle of nowhere, next to some of Pittsburgh's most economically depressed suburbs. Plus no public transportation goes to it.

@Machoke.

5 ай бұрын

​@@mayavenuemisfit814 that's one of the conclusions I came to why they're doing so bad. I mean ross park mall is a relatively short drive north from downtown. Way closer than this place. If you live west of the city Robinsons probably the closest option. If you live south, it's south hills village, if you live east it's Monroeville. There are just so many options that are much closer than this. It gets less populated up in that area, and where there is more population density there are better options close by. I also see alot of people commenting on videos about this mall talking about refusing to put in buss stops. I didn't know anything about that, but that would also be a mark against it.

at 2005 youre so close to the market crash in 2008, that mall was screwed

I'm sorry but this doesn't belong in the dead mall series, it is a galleria

@MrFletchmoto

6 жыл бұрын

Ian Pritchard trust me, it is a mall. I have been there.

@babydevilz2000

6 жыл бұрын

Ian Pritchard it is still a mall

@hankmoody940

6 жыл бұрын

Ian Pritchard it's a mall

Wow that intro was way too fucked up for me

@itsbunessa

7 жыл бұрын

A sunless tan of that caliber is the devil's work indeed

@acrylon3533

7 жыл бұрын

Check out "Cinco Eye Tanning System"

@KyuuTomoyaki

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I skipped it cause I thought it was some strange mistake. But when I heard the music, I understood but was still baffled at why he would feel the need to include that...

@malakai713

7 жыл бұрын

Philibert the intro was funny af

@KyuuTomoyaki

7 жыл бұрын

A Rando Lol. Okay.

How did you forget that there’s literally a fracking rig set up behind the parking lot of this mall who’s waste water run off pools would ignite spontaneously.This mall is absolute hell.

@f150brian

4 жыл бұрын

Remember when that well was on fire for days? It was quite the show pulling into the mall.

@jessicah3450

4 жыл бұрын

😦 wow

In the last few months, Cinemark has announced they are permanently closing the movie theater and JC Penny's is now closing too leaving only Macy's and Dick's as the last anchor tenants left.

@missjess82

4 жыл бұрын

The chicken place closed too?

@CPD0123a

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget New Dimension Comics, which might as well be their main anchor store with how well they're doing, and how poor the others are.

@mikebliss3153

2 жыл бұрын

The movie theatre changed hands, so they're still showing movies there... Although they closed down an entire wing.

Dude, you butchered that tanning commercial. lol I spit my drink out when I heard the eggs/bacon frying.

@jacksters19

4 жыл бұрын

Agent 47 😂😭

@chertikinamoto

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was really creepy.

@random__itch

4 жыл бұрын

Dahmer murdered my sides to ashes.

@noesunyoutuber7680

4 жыл бұрын

Oh god it's horrifying

@chongjunxiang3002

4 жыл бұрын

random ytp surprise me

The lo-fi 80s muzak getting blasted into the empty halls makes me want to call my parents and tell them I love them.

@5050TM

6 жыл бұрын

Dominic Trybus Oh my God, best comment.

@Tony-Gunk

6 жыл бұрын

Dominic Trybus I think the music was edited in since there aren't any cuts in the music as the different video clips cycle..

@Cornerstanding

6 жыл бұрын

This music is what's making this video Creepy!!!!!!!!

Imagine cruising on a skateboard or rollerblades in an empty mall like this

@nomobobby

3 жыл бұрын

See, Now I'm imagining a 90's kid with a backwards cap, running circles around the old, fat security guard like its old kids movie before running out the door into the sunset. Got that cool kids attitude (like classic sonic) that faded out after 1999. IDK y though, I was too young to remember anything pre 2002-ish. Maybe your comment just got my imagination flowing.

Jeff Bezos’ love watching this with his mistress at night before he sleeps.

@wakeupmofoers691

3 жыл бұрын

u mean boy toy from k b t

I am the Marine Corps recruiter who works in that joint, and yes, sometimes it's pretty eerie. At least it gives me a place to run laps when it rains. You also walked right by my office without saying hi.

@michaelaluna7684

4 жыл бұрын

He was afraid you'd talk him into joining the Marines. Heehee😆

@CooterCoy

4 жыл бұрын

Is 34 too late to join?

@reharl4953

4 жыл бұрын

@@CooterCoy The cut off for the Marine Corps is 28, due to the more difficult nature of our training pipeline. Other branches might take you though.

@jocelyncooper1738

4 жыл бұрын

Why are military recruiters always in practically dead malls

@TannerWilliam07

4 жыл бұрын

@@CooterCoy Army Rangers - much, much harder than the Marines - cuts off at 35

The developers just tried wayyyy too hard to bring up a mall during a time period where malls were on the decline - a terrible idea from the start.

@stphinkle

7 жыл бұрын

Rian McDonald The economic crisis of 2007-2008 and the decline of malls really contributed to this.

@Deenique16

6 жыл бұрын

supergoose how does that make someone and idiot

@gracedorothy430

6 жыл бұрын

malls are still pretty good for teens. teens ( at least at my highschool ) go to our local malls every weekend for food and clothes

@DoctaM364

6 жыл бұрын

ITS A GALLERIA

@rinrinrinrinrinrinrinrinrin

6 жыл бұрын

supergoose Get a job at walmart

Almost half the stores in this video are gone already,it's depressing.

@Brandonganss1

4 жыл бұрын

Now the movie theater's leaving. The final nail in the coffin.

@Stack-Japleton

4 жыл бұрын

Brandon Ganss it already did and JCPenney is next

How 2 get rich quick: Step 1: Buy a mall for 100 bucks. Step 2: Resell it for 200 bucks. Step 3: PROFIT.

@MrRenegadeshinobi

6 жыл бұрын

cyka blyat Step 3: ???? Step 4: profit

@faithestherr

6 жыл бұрын

OOF

@Cornerstanding

6 жыл бұрын

Lol

@hifijohn

6 жыл бұрын

step 4 pay for all the property tax which would be in the millions go bankrupt.

I'd buy it. convert the stores to apartments. Use it as a huge gated "community" for senior citizens. like an old folks home, except they would have thier own homes and neighborhoods, all in doors and secured. it'd be great for them.

@cutrara7

7 жыл бұрын

nice wide halls to accommodate the influx of hoverround traffic

@aaronnelson7702

7 жыл бұрын

Dracopet Exactly.

@thirteenfury

7 жыл бұрын

And the mall walkers would never have to leave the building to get their exercise!

@TheFroInBristow

7 жыл бұрын

And they can go on the sky trail!!!! :D

@MandieTerrier

7 жыл бұрын

That would be nice. If you could make it affordable. One has to have a small fortune to move into Erickson or Asbury Methodist Village

This mall has this kinda oniric? Like place you wander in a dream, empty, dark and makes you wonder why it was abandoned

Everyone in the comments section: “this looks like (insert local Mills mall name here)!” Ummm y’all know the Mills corporation is a thing right? They designed one set of mall blueprints back in the 90’s and peddled them to cities all over the country.

@yvellebradley2502

4 жыл бұрын

Jessa Phillips My city has an exact copy of this mall but it’s doing really well, in Canada.

@paloman6459

4 жыл бұрын

I was wondering why they all looked the same and had the same layout. Thanks for the info.

@mikewood4242

4 жыл бұрын

Yes.I have seen quite a few identical malls in my travels

@mikewood4242

4 жыл бұрын

@Aimee Webber I'm not talking Mills malls but in Canada I have seen identical malls on different sides of the country

@andrewwalker9960

4 жыл бұрын

Ontario Mills in Ontario, CA and Concord Mills in Concord, NC are two I’ve been to. Took me ages to realize they were connected 😂

this is what purgatory looks like

@AndroidSunner

6 жыл бұрын

Goofy Goober the Empty Borders is the purgatory.

@TaylorwoodGaming

6 жыл бұрын

Why is this so true

@chazzlucas6208

6 жыл бұрын

there is no such thing as purgatory .... that is something the catholic church make up to make money...

@4evaPuffy

6 жыл бұрын

Fuckkkkk

@kiradia705

6 жыл бұрын

chazz LUCAS it was a joke...

I never knew a building could make me feel depressed until I watched this

@MrGOLDENSHOT25

7 жыл бұрын

Jackson Kruse I really love the design of this mall actually. It saddens me to see it void of life though. Kinda like an empty cruise ship... It could be the most luxurious ocean liner in the world, but void of people it would crush your soul (mine atleast).

@kar7u

7 жыл бұрын

MrGOLDENSHOT25 I have more feelings for a mall then I do for people, I need help what the-

@MrGOLDENSHOT25

7 жыл бұрын

Jackson Kruse Nah, you just appreciate architecture more then those around you. We humans kinda like building shit if you couldn't tell :p It's pretty normal to to be bothered by a great work gone to waste because of that.

@kar7u

7 жыл бұрын

MrGOLDENSHOT25 very true- such a waste

@christopherconard2831

7 жыл бұрын

I had a similar feeling the last time I was at Kmart. It has been a long time, but even back then it was sad.

I must not be the only one who throughly enjoys re-watching these dead mall videos. It’s relaxing and interesting.

I live like 30 minutes from this place. It looks even worse than this now. There’s like nobody

I live about ten minutes from this mall and this video is no exaggeration. It's a shit hole. The movie theater is doing well. The restaurants on the outskirts of the mall are doing well. The mall is absolute shit though. It was a big deal when it opened. That checkered looking race place that is closed was supposed to be a go-kart track that was going to actually go outside and through the mall to attract people but some contractor or something fucked it up so it never even opened. So that checkered looking place at 9:24 which was supposed to be the go-kart place opened for about 4 months and used to sell RC cars. What a dump.

@Mellobean

7 жыл бұрын

That's the point, all of the outside businesses are doing well on their own. There is literally no point to go into the mall if you can just go around the outside of it to get where you really want to go. I agree with you, building LT really was pointless, especially since malls were already declining a ton when it was built.

@christinanewcomer9996

7 жыл бұрын

If you only live ten minutes from the Mills, then you must also agree that not even two years ago the mall was completely full; making all these closures all the more shocking right? (I live an hour and a half away and have been making the drive couple/few times a year why? because it was worth it!) wife and I were shocked in May as we hadn't been there in almost a year due and it looks like a ghost town comparatively. Also the petland tried to sell us a mixed breed dog for $1600. That's the real investigation that needs to be going on. That place is evil.

@itscomplicatedwatches

7 жыл бұрын

Christina Newcomer the mall was definitely not full two years ago. More stores maybe but I don't think the mills has ever been full.

@christinanewcomer9996

7 жыл бұрын

ive been there multiple times every year since 2013; I don't care how close you live I wouldn't have driven an hour and a half to go to a defunct mall. if it wasn't full it was 95% full.

@HardlineAthiest

7 жыл бұрын

BitterPoetMadman The entire US economy is fucking dead.

You said this mall was built in 2005? That was right around the time that people were getting their homes foreclosed on and the disposable income was going away. Then came the big crash (too big to fail). I can understand why a lot of these storefronts were never rented.

@jaldav

5 жыл бұрын

Three years early. That started in 2008.

@MydirtyRat1

5 жыл бұрын

@@jaldav The crash happened in 08, but the problems started around 2003-04. People who bought homes where they paid principal only loans for the first 5 years were finding it impossible to refinance once those finance charges or balloon payments started kicking in.

@neonsigns6721

5 жыл бұрын

My Dirty Rat 1 you make a good point. and perhaps that contributed to the mall never taking off. The only counterpoint i would offer to that is that in this area (Pittsburgh) was not hit as hard as other parts of the country. I know that doesn't necessarily matter because the downturn did impact the economy of the entire country. This whole story of the mall is just so interesting to me.

There is a severe cognitive dissonance between the wacky po-mo design of the storefronts and the industrial, dim, Costco ceiling and it's just troubling

The music playing in the food court sounds like what you hear while on hold with the government 😂

I would buy this place for $100 and make it my house.

@dazasc3994

6 жыл бұрын

i think for 100 you're buying the enormous 140million debt attached to a property, but i'm not sure

@Leopold3131

5 жыл бұрын

You may not like your first tax payment. Or the electric bill. Forget about heating or cooling it.

@imjakepaul4497

5 жыл бұрын

The Flip same

@imjakepaul4497

5 жыл бұрын

Actually no I would make it into homes for people

@SouthernBelleReviews

5 жыл бұрын

@@imjakepaul4497 that's wonderful

I'm having a daymare.

Why did he do that short hair, blonde girl like that for?😂😂

@EamonThePhilogynistWalford

3 жыл бұрын

My best guess would be that Dan did it to accentuate the Karen vibe she gives us, thus making him a prophet of sorts. ;-) Anyhow, having looked at the location on Google Maps, I'd say that in itself was the deal breaker. The mall's developers must've been counting on further residential development in the area, but it never eventuated. :-/

I was working in Pittsburgh shortly after this mall opened, it was late in the year around Christmas. The mall was packed with people and shops. The check board place was supposed to be a NASCAR themed restaurant from what I was told. This place is actually huge in dimensions. I saw the drawback as it was too far from the city to draw major crowds and at the time nothing else out by it.

This feels like a place designed and built in the late 80s or 90s, not the early 2000s

@iron1349

5 жыл бұрын

If it was, it might've made a profit in it's life

@KitKat0418

5 жыл бұрын

I feel like if it had been built in the 80s/90s, it probably would’ve been successful. Late 2000s? Not so much

@dasbubba841

5 жыл бұрын

@@KitKat0418 Especially a few years before the Recession. It looks like one of those Chinese ghost towns. Huge and shining, but almost completely empty.

@thefrub

5 жыл бұрын

That's partly because of that super-lo-fi 80's music he plays in the background of all his videos. That's not playing in the mall

@rockstarofredondo

4 жыл бұрын

It has awful style.

The tacky 80s/90s maximalist style of this hulking beast just adds to the grotesqueness

@Sean-ll5cm

6 жыл бұрын

beautiful in it's own sad way tho

@isy111

6 жыл бұрын

These Mills Corporation malls are all so gross

@GuyWithThePie

6 жыл бұрын

Neto S Mills, eh? I knew this looked a bit familiar. Used to go to one in St. Louis. It had an ice rink and go-karting. The go-karts eventually shut down, and who knows what happened to the ice rink. I wonder how it's doing today. Heard that nobody ever goes there anymore. Maybe Dan could check it out?

@lucasbiaggini

6 жыл бұрын

Guywiththepie you mean the St. Louis galleria? It was still quite busy when I went to SLU 3 years ago. A little depressive, but not really dead.

@GuyWithThePie

6 жыл бұрын

Lucas Barbosa No, I'm talking about the Mills mall. The one that looks similar to this with its garish colors and wacky aesthetic.

Im from Pittsburgh and im 29. When I was younger, maybe 16-17 , the mall was so full of people and stores! A very busy food court, play areas, and every store was full! There was even a bar/bowling alley and indoor minigolf The area around the mall was busy too! Lots of restaurants, and even a hotel.

I can't believe anyone would open a mall in 2005.

This mall is like the fictional idea of what a shopping mall is like

@Zedek

6 жыл бұрын

It's like a demonstration of a mall, like in museums, when they re-build certein topics for the audience. "And this is a mall right here, Ladies and Gentlemen!"

@pailofawesome

6 жыл бұрын

No joke. I live in Pittsburgh. It's insane how night and day this mall looks compared to Robinson Mall, a mall so giant and full that it's killing the other malls around it.

@seymourskinner6050

6 жыл бұрын

*AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, AT THIS TIME OF THE MONTH, AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY, LOCALIZED ENTIRELY IN YOUR KITCHEN?*

@EatitHarvey

6 жыл бұрын

Add rust and some blood and you got Silent Hill 3

@LightsJusticeZ

6 жыл бұрын

Yes!

15 minutes of just roasting a mall. I love it.

@tonyrusso6983

6 жыл бұрын

No no no it’s a “galleria” lol

@emgee4509

6 жыл бұрын

And people are still butthurt about him being satirical about this mall. Sure, it looks silly, but there are some things I like about it.

@paralixis4500

6 жыл бұрын

this is ytp levels of goodness

@RH-vd3yu

6 жыл бұрын

Gotcha Fam chill out triggered bitch

@Almighty_cornholio

6 жыл бұрын

I’m the 1000th like..you’re welcome

I feel like I’m in Stranger Things S3 or Zombie Land

@georgedudleysashtray3860

4 жыл бұрын

Peepee poopoo

@Juniebeaniebaby101

4 жыл бұрын

a cat its an honor 🙈🥺

Developers: “Cocaine is a helluva drug.”

@wakeupmofoers691

3 жыл бұрын

actualy is not its ancient south america coca leaf tea, somewhat green tea from asia

@SoItGoes1985

3 жыл бұрын

@@wakeupmofoers691 Correction: “Cocaine is a helluva substance that leads to shite business ventures."

This mall looks like it stole decor from a CRUISE SHIP mixed with old NICKELODEON STUDIOS. This mall wasn't sure when it was built if it should go with 90s decor or towards 2000s 😂😂😂

@j.nesbitt5120

7 жыл бұрын

You totally hit it! I myself was thinking Golden Girls set explosion...

@petrobull2560

7 жыл бұрын

OMG.....dude you hit it DEAD ON......dammmm!

@Bwethhh

7 жыл бұрын

Tommy Siro That's what was so cutting edge about the design, it was a mix of both 😂

@mikegaughan9260

7 жыл бұрын

well said Tommy well said. lol

@pagandaddy9458

7 жыл бұрын

Tommy Siro lol you mean the Grapevine Mall in Texas???

Dan Bell: The Gordon Ramsay of abandoned malls

@Jiteko

5 жыл бұрын

Mister Make-believe he's absolutely hilarious

@vondahe

5 жыл бұрын

No Ramsey without the F word in at least every second sentence.

This channel feels like there was an apocalypse that killed billions of people, and ur the only one left, wandering aimlessly through the ruins

I'm sure he goes to these malls at like 10am on a tuesday to maximize the dead-ness. I bet there's more people on the weekends.

@naudiamilan

4 жыл бұрын

Alex's Bikes and Motors this mall is usually like this even on weekends because there’s literally nothing in it lol.. the surrounding businesses do well though.

@PsychologicalApparition

3 жыл бұрын

There’s always one of you skeptics-to-everything. 🤪

@jessicah3450

3 жыл бұрын

The Macy's hasn't left, so there's still some shopping traffic. JCPenney and Sears are always the last to go.

@kierrashreffler

3 жыл бұрын

No there is absolutely no one ever thete

How does a mall that opened in 2005 have such gaudy 80's - 90's kitschy design? I'm honestly confused by that.

@kevdel761

6 жыл бұрын

Tyrone Newsom Nice profile picture

@Triplechoco52

6 жыл бұрын

In 2005, the "90s" was just wearing off. 1999 was 6 years ago. The Nintendo Gamecube and PS2 have come out and are relatively fresh in people's minds. Some 90s shows were still aired. People still used TV that only had DD (Edit: SD, not "DD") and no HD support at all. The hipster/coffee shop style of stores didn't really pick up until early 2010s. That's when the 90s died (at least, technology wise with the advent of widespread smartphones and wifi everywhere, 1080p being the "standard", etc).

@super_genius

6 жыл бұрын

Jay G and not to mention it obviously had to be planned and designed quite a bit before it was built

@ki5aok

6 жыл бұрын

+Tyrone Newsom : Just a guess, but it may be because of the company that owned the mall, Mills Corporation. Almost all of their malls use this same design...and this theme was adopted sometime in the 90's. I know Katy Mills, which is the mall near where I live, has this same type of layout and that was opened in 1999.

@jonathantan2469

6 жыл бұрын

Which makes you wonder... in 10 years time, what is going to replace the current minimalist pseudo-retro post-industrial hipster 'Smith & Wilkenson' A E S T H E T I C with it's Tolix barstools, Edison filament bulbs and all...?

It was a terrible idea to decide to build a mall in 2005, at the end of the mall era

@biancarobertson8728

5 жыл бұрын

Go to Westfield in England. Mate, the Mall era isn’t over.

@GeneralJameson

5 жыл бұрын

@@biancarobertson8728 so I would have to go to another country that is smaller than the state I live in...

@biancarobertson8728

5 жыл бұрын

Dan Reed I didn’t say YOU Had to. I just recommended it. Plus it’s only to prove a point.

@rokuyokune4433

5 жыл бұрын

Na, my mall is 48 years old and it still gets business

@pshaw5075

5 жыл бұрын

I've from NYC you should go to the malls their today...sooooo many people

why is nobody talking about the tan perfect commercial

@88evileve88

4 жыл бұрын

That was sooo weird

Jesus Christ I can't stop laughing at what you said about the Easter Bunny

Don’t judge me but this stuff is slightly aesthetically pleasing Well more like nostalgia but do you understand what I’m saying?

@deendrew36

5 жыл бұрын

Nora Cordes totally. That’s why we are here, friend.

@missyalleah1233

5 жыл бұрын

Yaaas

@deadredeyes

5 жыл бұрын

i k n o w w h a t y o u a r e s a y i n g

@mothmansboobs

5 жыл бұрын

i completely understand this one. its even more nostalgic when you grew up here & have fond memories of “going to the mall!”

@whatshisname3304

4 жыл бұрын

i think i ll judge you.

Fun fact: The mall's freeway interchange with Route 28 cost $21,730,708.

@bycion7770

7 жыл бұрын

Radio Citrus Podcast now we know where all the budget went lmao

THAT TANNING COMMERCIAL WAS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST THINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. BEEN A ROUGH YEAR! THANK YOU! MAKE MORE OF THOSE COMMERCIALS!!

That Easter bunny made my night, thanks! He's lost all hope. "I hear people, maybe kids? No, no, okay" 🐰👍🏼

Interesting that the Sears closed. That's how you know it's REALLY bad. My mom wrote her masters thesis on the decline of Sears, back in 1995.

@delta543

7 жыл бұрын

Do you have the thesis?

@mothra__13

7 жыл бұрын

Taryn K that's actually really cool (as someone who minored in merchandising). if she still has it around you should post it online somewhere.

@goodmorninguser

7 жыл бұрын

I'll ask her about it! If she still has it, I'll make a google doc 🤗

@abethepunk

7 жыл бұрын

Taryn K Not just a Sears, it was a Sears Grand! But yeah, when Century 3's Sears closed, all I could think of is how do you loose a Sears?

@jesusramirez000

7 жыл бұрын

interesting to read let us know

If you find yourself in a bunny costume inside a dying, decaying mall, it's time to start questioning your life decisions. JS.

@powerfullthoughts

7 жыл бұрын

Work is work as long as your getting legit and legal money JS

@ARCHIEANGELinOH

7 жыл бұрын

@Sam Harris; I do love your great sense of humor. Sometimes people just don't get me.

@gamerguy425

7 жыл бұрын

good thought's has a point, I mean if the salary's good you're basically being payed to do nothing XD

@yognut72

7 жыл бұрын

man it must suck to be that bunny though, dressing up as a bunny in a scalding suit doing nothing for 8 hours

@nasirb3914

7 жыл бұрын

Fuck off Sam.

Your disdain for this mall makes me chuckle.

I go to the gym there, but i’ve walked around the whole mall a few times and it’s very underwhelming. the malls massive and if feels like there should be so much but there just isn’t. it’s weird to see everything closed off when there’s so much potential. there’s still phone case carts in the middle of walkways with cases that would fit an iphone 4. there’s also a playground in the middle of it which makes no sense. the whole place scares me more than anything

The music makes this video 100x more depressing

@ja848

4 жыл бұрын

America Moreno haha I kinda like it I love this mall but it's so fucking big and huge

@YamacKocovali7

4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love it as it gives off a unique retro feel to me.

@seththomas9105

4 жыл бұрын

I find it interesting that most all of these malls play bad Top 40 80's and 90' Easy Listening.

@CujoHyer

4 жыл бұрын

@@seththomas9105 He adds this shit in post. All of his videos have this same type of music. He does it for ambience.

lol that intro was unexpected~

@CB-db1qx

7 жыл бұрын

Amalija ummmm not gonna lie, that intro gave me anxiety. I'm not into creepy surrealism

@BubbaMonster12

7 жыл бұрын

Amalija unexpected but delicious

@NathanDavisVideos

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah that intro was a bit disturbing at parts; but it also was a bit goof-ballish at other parts.

@genghistron00

7 жыл бұрын

Amalija loved it

@brigzy09

7 жыл бұрын

Amalija go check his first dead mall video, it's the same kidmnda beginning

Wow, I absolutely love this. I'm really into weird and paranormal things and also urban exploration, but this is really unique in that it feels like some sort of "liminal space" that you'd wander into unwittingly and then wonder if you were actually there or just dreamed it. The whole thing is eerie, surreal, and otherwordly and I am all about it. On a more down to earth note, I find it pretty sad that so much effort and money was clearly put into this place and it flopped this badly. I don't know; something about stuff like that makes me feel really sad. There was a serious attempt and absolutely no one cared. I actually felt kind of annoyed that you were so brutal in mocking the place.

@Samurai_-fg9gg

2 жыл бұрын

Crazy how the mall I went to all the time and still go to sometimes is compared to the back rooms

These videos are amazing. The idea of hauntology is so fascinating and these videos truly capture that time capsule feel. There's a mall in my town that's a ghost town in the making!

Inspired by Windows 95

@raccoon681

6 жыл бұрын

oh please give them credit it's at least windows 98

@Cornerstanding

6 жыл бұрын

Lol

@jaffaorange3809

6 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking: this mall... er, galleria doesn't look like 2005, more like 1995.

I have a hard time feeling sorry for the bank that gave a $200 million loan FOR A MALL IN FREAKING 2005.

@FutariHitoriDAi

7 жыл бұрын

Andy Reierson you just made it even worse 😁😁

@Robert-dt3is

7 жыл бұрын

Exactly. The real idiot here is The Bank.

This is awesome! So glad to see these back and Dan doing well!

This place would have done amazing here in the midwest because we have nothing and a mall with all these play areas and the aesthetic would be such fun

Every time I watch this the "Tan Perfect" segment kills me. Every single time.

@idkwhattoputhere4695

5 жыл бұрын

A ytp was not really what I was expecting when I clicked this video

@Boidan69

5 жыл бұрын

TheNewNumberTw0 it looked so normal for me when I was high

@portal2kid

5 жыл бұрын

why is this same guy necroposting?

@howsitgrowin

5 жыл бұрын

Is it just me or like.. arent they a bunch of porn stars?

@portal2kid

5 жыл бұрын

Jeffrey, why did you have to necropost?

you should start getting a meal or two at some of the food courts in these dying malls and critique it as apart of your review. I think that could be pretty interesting. Keep up the good work!

@midgetwthahacksaw

7 жыл бұрын

Johnathan Woods Great idea!

@arcaninezero5833

7 жыл бұрын

Johnathan Woods bruh this Idea please everyone upvote this

@thenoodledrop

7 жыл бұрын

YESSS

@estellelabelle3882

7 жыл бұрын

I imagine him critiquing the food like Gordon Ramsey! YOU FORGOT THE LAMB *S A U C E!!!* xD

@GothicInferno

7 жыл бұрын

everyone up-vote this so Dan can see it

I was born and raised in the area, but came back to visit in 2019 and stopped by this mall. You're right when you said every place looks alike, it's real easy to get confused as to where you are. Walking around is so eerie, it's post-apocalyptic and the echoey music is straight out of a David Lynch movie.

4:45 I was expecting you to touch that car!!

I’m going down a rabbit hole with these videos help-

@kamiiu

5 жыл бұрын

samee

@jimbob8088

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/f5qnz6p_gautn7A.html Hope this helps!

@PercabethLovernot

5 жыл бұрын

Same wtf how did I get here

@t.p.3456

4 жыл бұрын

I should be sleeping right now. 🛌📱

@projectamis4772

4 жыл бұрын

once you are in, you are never getting out. sorry.

Haha, Dan that tanning segment paired with the macabre editing; ace. Thanks for the laugh, hope all is well.

that tan perfect ad edit at the beginning was probably the funniest thing ive seen this week!

Dan Bell: I recently discovered your channel. I’m 40 and those intros from the 80s and 90s are making miss my childhood something fierce. Grew up going to the mall for fun. Miss those days!

In 15 years, this kind of blandness will probably be the new "A E S T H E T I C"

@0vum

6 жыл бұрын

Rosalind Causey unfortunately it already is tbh

@-lollipopsunder-7044

6 жыл бұрын

Was about to say, this is basically already vapor foder, a e s t h e t i c isnt just restricted to things decades old, its for things lost to the past that dont have a future.

This is the clinical depression of malls

@phatdoeentertainment5539

6 жыл бұрын

I T S A G A L E R I A

I always find the music coming from the malls in this series to be eerie, yet oddly relaxing too.

Dan Bell: this place stinks, its the ugliest thing ive ever seen. Me: i would literally live in there

@whatshisname3304

3 жыл бұрын

that's an idea. 😀