I pretty well grew up in shopping malls. They seemed to always have a major grocery store and flag ship department store attached to them. Often dentists, doctors in an attached Professional Building. So this is where mom got the family food, we did our dentist & eye anppointments, and where we got everything needed for school. We were always with mom. When I became a teenager, malls were my dose of freedom, where I met friends and socialized in the food court. Movie theatres often were built onto malls then. That was our main entertainment as teenagers. When I was a young mom, it was the big toy stores, kids clothing, and the indoor kiddy play spaces (as germ laden as they are). I still like going to the mall for groceries and clothing. I like combining shopping tasks, getting it all done at once. I rarely do online shopping. My dentists are still in a major mall. Actually, my banks too.
