We've been staying home now for many years.
At first the issue was crowds and parking--the radio stations had helicopters up giving reports on traffic and parking all day long. Not worth it.
We now do most of our shopping from home. More convenient, lower stress, fewer dings on the car, better all around.
We now avoid malls altogether. The suburban malls around here are usually too unpleasantly crowded for me, and in recent years the incidence of crime in some of them has made them too risky for me.
Someone said I was paranoid--but a police detective I know says she won't go to any of the malls around here at all. That surprised me. Last year she was assigned to the office chief of the county police chief, and i believe her decision to have been an informed one.
The crime rate of our adjoining city is now number two in the country; for the entire metro area it's no. 103.
Last edited by OldMarksman; November 25, 2009 at 09:45 AM.
Reason: Correction after having had coffee
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