For me I think it would be the Burlington County Mall. I remembered going there once as a kid. A decade later, I saw a picture of how abandoned it was, and that led me down a rabbit hole into seeing how other malls are doing.

How did you begin?

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    When I lived in the US (Austin,TX) for a year back in 1991-92 I loved going to the malls. Highland Mall, Barton Creek Mall and all the others in the area and neighboring cities. Also all the times I have been back road-trip’ing the US malls has been a great evening entertainment. Just the idea that all those malls I have visited across the US is slowly disappearing is strange to me. For me it’s a part of the American lifestyle and that people stopped going to them is hard to see. But also in the country I live the malls are getting fewer and fewer customers but not in the way it leads to a dead mall trend yet.

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    I’ve seen lots of forlorn shopping centers in small towns, often looking stuck in time. Plus now so many of the stores I frequented as a kid on shopping trips with my mom (especially JCPenney, also Sears) are closing. I can’t think of a specific mall where I got my start, I’ve always had an interest in buildings past their heyday.

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    The mall I grew up with. Westminster Mall in Colorado. I watched that shit die. Unfortunately, this was before dead malls became a popular thing to marvel at. Ultimately, it was demolished 10years ago. I just remember it slowly dying as some wings became completely empty.

    The only remnants I can find on it is this post from the Dead Mall Enthusiasts Facebook group.

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      Funny thing that another Westminster Mall (in Westminster, CA) is also not doing well and there are rumors that it will be closed soon.

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    When I lived in the US (Austin,TX) for a year back in 1991-92 I loved going to the malls. Highland Mall, Barton Creek Mall and all the others in the area and neighboring cities. Also all the times I have been back road-trip’ing the US malls has been a great evening entertainment. Just the idea that all those malls I have visited across the US is slowly disappearing is strange to me. For me it’s a part of the American lifestyle and that people stopped going to them is hard to see. But also in the country I live the malls are getting fewer and fewer customers but not in the way it leads to a dead mall trend yet.