Catalina - The Mall and Ideological Fantasis

By my teens, I hated going to the mall. Shopping in general turned me off and, at any rate, Hammond Square was in a state of decline. Back in the 70s, the mall had begun killing downtown, but by that point the suburban-sprawl shopping experience was ... The new style mall has eliminated such spaces entirely. It is composed of disconnected stores with no centralized areas. Hanging around in the fake avenues and parking lots of this monstrosity is considered loitering. ...