Many large groups of youths fighting at malls

[JaneV2.0]

Western Washington covers a large area :-) The high-end places in wealthy parts of Seattle seem lovely and calm. The malls up in Skagit County have shootings and robberies, and when my wife and I dropped by a mall in Snohomish a few years back, the security guards at the door offered to escort us to the store we were going to...

But even these malls seem to be "thriving", that is, they have lots of people at them, parking lots seem full.

I visited a couple of malls in Colorado Springs a few months ago, they were ghost towns.

Good grief--was that Snohomish County, or the little antique-themed town? I can't imagine roving gangs in the latter...
Yes--In general, it's very calm around here on the Eastside, except for the exciting new phenomenon of porch creepers and mail theives...

[LDAHL]

Malls in western Washington have become a bit dicey. Full of predators and roving gangs of troublemakers. I blame culture though, not any particular race.

I suspect a fiendish plot by Amazon to turn brick and mortar retailers into post-apocalyptic wastelands.

[bae]

I suspect a fiendish plot by Amazon to turn brick and mortar retailers into post-apocalyptic wastelands.

I won't go into a mainland mall now without suitable weapons and a trauma kit.

[LDAHL]

I won't go into a mainland mall now without suitable weapons and a trauma kit.

Carry a fowling piece for Amazon drones, but don't look directly at them. I'm pretty sure Jeff Bezos has been working on a mind control ray.

[freshstart]

lol, LDAHL

we had a shooting in a very suburban mall with upscale stores. They have a minor policy and a curfew in effect. It was between two kids who had a fight. I wish our art house theater was in the mall, instead we have 18 screens showing crap

[sweetana3]

Iris Lilies, we have exactly the same type of high end mall here. The theater has "art" films and oddball little ones. Very well attended. Same types of expensive stores like Crate and Barrel, Saks, Pottery Barn, etc. Quiet oasis of calm and great for people watching.