Older generations have been steadily dialing up the abuse on the younger ones, and it's funny because it feels like part of the death of malls has been them driving away their most dependable customers with disposable incomes.

I wonder how much malls becoming hostile to teens has contributed to teens now flocking to online thrifting and SHEIN.

And what happens when those kids grow up and are conditioned to spend their time/money hanging with friends in digital spaces instead of physical ones? It just further consolidates spending into the hands of the few companies running the digital spaces vs the many physical businesses.