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[joeyh3]

If you're talking about why they're portrayed as gathering places in TV and movies and that - it's quite simple, the people making said TV shows and movies are from a different generation.

A lot of the people on this site (myself included) are in their teens and twenties. A lot of people working on TV shows are in their 30s, 40s, 50s, etc. When they were growing up, they didn't have Facebook, cell phones, etc. All they had was seeing either other in person and corded telephones, so it was much more tricky trying to plan things out. Malls were a great solution - just say "meet at the mall at <time>, and we'll figure out what to do from there", a lot of times, if they decided they want to have lunch, watch a movie, or shop, they're already in the right place anyway.

So my theory is that malls were a lot more popular as gathering places than instead of now, and when they're portrayed as such in TV shows and movies, it's a reflection of the writer's childhood/teen years.

[Crystal Sparkle]

It must be something in the atmosphere, I feel it every time I'm at the mall with my friends. It just makes everything right.

[Pandy_C]

It must be something in the atmosphere, I feel it every time I'm at the mall with my friends. It just makes everything right.

*tinfoil hat again*

That would be the mind control gasses in the air-con

[ScottishUnicorn]

I live in the middle of no where, anywhere to hang out would be nice. All I do is be on the computer because there is nothing else to do, everyone else is doing the same or doing drugs.

[Marcusaralius76]

We use the mall because most of us get gift cards on holidays from relatives that don't give a crap (most of us have big families). Aside from blowing off the cards, we usually just walk around and chat about things while goofing around. Walking around aimlessly and pretending to think that the glass windows on a restaurant is the door is usually good sport.