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They're going the way of Borders and Circuit City.

Borders's demise was obvious: AAmeriKKKa is a functionally illiterate country. And malls are passé nowadaze.

If'n you want to know how bad things really are for a dead industry one can take a look at the Pittsburgh Mills Mall. One of the anchors was a Borders while, on the opposite side, there was a bowling alley for exec-types (nothing says FAILURE like that, as if the people involved in that bright idea never heard of "The Dude").

Sidenote: It's FAILURE, not FAIL, y҉a͞ ͞laz̸y ͘chat̷sp͠eaki̶ng A̶̸Ò̷L ͞i̷̕͞l҉̨̛l̡į͜t͡er̛̛̀at͡e̸̵̕͝ŕ̸̨͟e̶̢t̵̡̨͢a͏̢̢̕͢r̵̶͡d҉̴҉̷s̕̕͠͞!́́̕͘͜

(catching breath) Anyway, the bowling alley went kaput and was changed into a Dingbats which, as of this writing, is now another vacant anchor. And the mall itself has about a third of its space composed of empty storefronts, a mall-based "church", a charter school front and municipal office for the township. About the only thing that place is good for is for walking a few laps and nothing else.

The ultimate irony is that if the mall was built fifteen years ago then it would've made much more financial sense. But the township didn't seem to understand that due to stupidity and greed in general. Eventually it got built but the prime time for its opening passed.

But I won't totally diss the place. After all they have a "Gauntlet: Dark Legacy" cab for sale there for $300 within its ailing and failing arcade. Yeah, it speaks volumes when the arcade machines are tagged to be sold within that mall's arcade.

As for the 'Best Buy" within that entire section of developed property, I was hoping I'd get a job there. I didn't get the job but now I can see why. I have a feeling that the Mill's Best Buy will get the axe.

And just because that it's not a "Best Buy" for deals on hardware and that I didn't get the job, I can only say "Good riddance". Ḿa͢y̷ t͘he ͞Dark On̕e͡s̸ ri̸se̡ fro͞m ̢th͘e͏ áb͝y͡s͞s̸ ánd ͜e̴ngu̸l͘f, devour a̡n͢d re͡c̀laim̛.͡

--Bekki

Combating functional illiteracy with latex-clad drama since the '80s, because old video games rule!