What is wrong with strip malls!?!

[cboy4]

So this new strip mall opened where I live.

Now I view each strip mall under construction as kind of the presents under the Christmas tree. I'm dying to see what they are (and in the case of strip malls...what the stores are going to be).

Anyway, the place just opened up.

NAILS. GROAN How many nail salons does a community need?

FAMILY DENTIST CENTER. GROAN I have a dentist. :eyes:

TANNING. GROAN It's California. Hello.

DRY CLEANING. GROAN What, do we have about 30 dry cleaners now around here?

SAFEWAY. Okay, that's cool.

SUBWAY. Okay, sandwich place. Whatever.

BANK OF AMERICA. GROAN That's not my bank.

KIDS CLOTHING. GROAN

T-MOBILE. GROAN I have AT&T Wireless.


A few stores are still empty.

I don't even know what which stores I wanted because there's pretty much everything where I live.

But still, I feel as though I got coal in my strip mall expectation stocking. x(

[AlCzervik]

1. theres one on Bruceville road that actually has 2 nail places with a store in between them

i think it's a mobile phone place. There must be at least 50 nail places in Elk Grove and they all smell like toxic waste dumps inside.

[cboy4]

4. Well at least there are a lot of restaurants and stuff in

Laguna.

I live in West Roseville, where it's still mostly new homes useless strip malls.

[AlCzervik]

5. yeah but most of are chains and all the food taste exactly alike. I'm really tired

of them. They finally started building stuff on my side of the tracks, ever since we;ve moved here the 95624 section of town has had jack shit, now we have 2 walgreens, a Kohl's and a chili's. Woofreaking hoo!

[cboy4]

6. Suh-weeeeeet

!!!!

[porphyrian]

2. Almost all of the strip malls around here have some fly by night church in them. -n/t

[hippywife]

13. LOL!

I just posted the same thing down thread before I saw your reply. We must both be livin' in the Bible belt. Oklahoma here. :hi:

[porphyrian]

17. Heh, yep. Tallahassee, Florida. I think we're the ass end of the Bible Belt.

Maybe it goes further south, especially in the rural communities.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

23. Our Lady of the Strip Center, I believe.

:rofl:

[TankLV]

21. We have one here in Vegas with a gay leather bar right next door!

I've always that made for interesting "meetings"...

[lost-in-nj]

3. We have a good strip mall

Macy's, Stop & Shop, Bath and Body works, Hallmark Gold Crown store
nine west shoes, local diner, local jeweler,local pet store, Starbucks,
a movie theater that is NOT up to date and alot of other stores and restaurants

a Massage Envy just opened up.... its a chain but hell any massage is a good massage!!!


lost

[Duer 157099]

7. Heh, I totally know the feeling

It's like, c'mon, why can't they put something fun and exciting? I mean, if I saw a Rubio's going in, I'd be way stoked!

But no, it's the kinda stuff you list, and Subway? Geez, how many more of those do we need anyway??

[cboy4]

9. Yea I know. I was hoping for an In N Out.

No such luck. :cry:

[Adsos Letter]

8. No stripping actually takes place there?

:shrug:

[cboy4]

10. Well, you never know what goes on in the back of those

nail salons.

[conscious evolution]

11. We should sue for false advertising!!

:silly:

[Generic Brad]

14. That's exactly what is wrong with them

They are all mall and no stripping.

[hippywife]

12. Don't feel too poorly about it.

Down here they occasionally throw in a church!

[cboy4]

24. Screeech

[pitohui]

15. what's the deal with these nail salons? a re they money laundries?

i mean, the 80s are over, who gets their nails done anymore?

[jmowreader]

19. In Fayetteville, even some of the guys get their nails done

I'm not one of them--about once a week I scrape the grease and ink out from under them and call it good--but Fayetteville is full of nail salons, they're all busy and if you pass five nail salons, you'll find one with a guy in the chair.

[cboy4]

25. And the thing is, there are SO MANY so close to

each other.

There must be some "me make you feel good long time" going on the back of the stores, because I don't understand how so many stay open.

[Akoto]

32. A lot of people still do.

My mom worked as a hairdresser at a salon a couple of years back, and they had a woman who rented a spot in the shop to do nails. Many of the customers would take advantage of her services, particularly those working in really upscale, professional environments.

[KitchenWitch]

16. Eh, just wait - I have noticed here in CA that even the stripmalls have sprawl!

Of course I am in Irvine, land of "little villages" complete with strip malls that are called "town centers"

:eyes:

[Godhumor]

18. A strip mall in the city here had a charter school in the abandoned grocery store

The state is rescinding its charter this year. Such an odd place.

[TankLV]

20. How many Nails places is too many?

I can't believe they are wanted or needed so much...

BTW - are there any strip centers that DON'T have one?!?!

[cboy4]

26. I might have to take a survey next time I drive around.

It's really funny so many people notice.

[Kutjara]

22. You're missing a Chinese restaurant and...

...some sort of whacky health-foody place that'll go out of business before the paint is dry on the sign. Alternatively, you could end up with a martial arts dojo, run by a shifty guy whose only credentials are that he once met Chuck Norris's auto detailer.

[cboy4]

27. Oh you're right!! A Karate studio. That's what's missing.

But as I say, there are still a few vacancies, so you never know.

LOL

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

28. Can we add a Tattoo Parlor?

Just to give some artistic culture to the mall?

:hi:

[baldguy]

29. What's wrong with strip malls?

You've just described every one in North America. That's what.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

30. Around here you know the dynamics of the neighborhood will change if...

a check-cashing operation moves into the local strip mall. It's all downhill from there.

[hisownpetard]

31. Or if a 'Madame Fleece'em Palm Reading and Tarot Expert' opens up.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

33. We've had some of those palm-reading places for years...

They often "renovate" their business establishments by putting a new facade on the dilapidated building they occupy. :rofl: Still, it seems like the check cashing places invite trouble. Pawn shops seem to have the same effect.

[regnaD kciN]

34. I just keep hoping that someone will put a Borders or B&N...

...in some strip mall near my house, but to no avail. Do you realize that the nearest decent bookstore (i.e. not a fundie "Christian Supply" with lots of volumes about taking the Bible literally, saving America from the Homosexual Agenda, and coaching women in how to be "helpmates" to their husband) is a half-hour drive away? :grr: