Comments on: Marshalls Coming to North DeKalb Mall

By: Brianc

Brianc — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:57:12 +0000

My opinion about why these two malls have declined is based on living near one or the other for a combined 25 years. Northlake used to serve a relatively high income demographic; that is no longer the case. And though parts of that general area (Oak Grove, for example) are doing well, the people with the money are generally an anti-mall type group.
As a teenager, I lived within walking distance of N.Dekalb / Market Square. Even during this boomtime (the 80′s) for malls, it struggled because Northlake was so close by. Since then that area’s demographics have changed considerably, in a manner similar to the area around Northlake. Again, the people with disposable income are generally anti-mall.
The malls have to reflect the local demographics in their store mix, but that mix also repels some who might otherwise still shop there. It is hard to imagine either mall ever again being more than a low-end discounter hub.

By: Deanne

Deanne — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:58:46 +0000

It’s SAACJACK’s vision & I love it too! Time to get this party started!

By: Parker Cross

Parker Cross — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:47:37 +0000

I’m so relieved, MC and Cubalibre, not everybody gets my jokes.

By: cubalibre

cubalibre — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:39:44 +0000

I love that, Deanne– totes ought to put it on a bumper sticker! I’d buy one.

By: cubalibre

cubalibre — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:36:54 +0000

LOL! I almost laughed my tea out of my nose reading this…too funny, Parker!

By: lumpintheroad

lumpintheroad — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:43:25 +0000

Cumberland may be doing well (I think Costco moving in there played a HUGE role in that, as well as its proximity to 75 and 285). But all you have to do is look across the street at the Galleria to see a mall straight out of “Dawn of the Dead.” And that place was hopping when I was a kid.

But malls in general disgust me and I get really anxious when I’m in one. I grew up going to Town Center all the time and it was certainly the center of teenage life in the 80s and 90s, but now they feel like sad, suffocating traps. I go to the Cumberland Costco all the time, since my office is nearby, but I couldn’t tell you the last time I’ve actually been in the mall proper. The only time I enter a mall these days is A) to go to an Apple Store or B) to see an IMAX movie at Mall of Ga.

By: Deanne

Deanne — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:19:47 +0000

It would certainly be something if it came to be…

DM: ” … fulfilling my dream of spawning off-beat Decatur events!”

Would such a unique group meet-up qualify? Zombies could come too!

By: Deanne

Deanne — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:11:40 +0000

WOW. I’ll sure be mulling on this for awhile!