tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post5880428352873909404..comments2024-03-10T23:44:30.359-05:00Comments on Racine Post: Bargain hunters pick Steve and Barry's cleanDustin http://www.blogger.com/profile/10717778498642473701noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-68105734553355746852009-01-21T17:32:00.000-06:002009-01-21T17:32:00.000-06:00I agree with Anonymous' Jan. 5 comment - come on p...I agree with Anonymous' Jan. 5 comment - come on people - let's support the local economy for Pete's Sake. If the Mall goes under then these same people will be bitching because there are no stores in Racine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-55980773338446471392009-01-05T21:11:00.000-06:002009-01-05T21:11:00.000-06:00I'm really dumbfounded by the comments left here. ...I'm really dumbfounded by the comments left here. Rather drive to Milwaukee or Mayfair? Why whould I want to drive 45 minutes away to get what's already provided for me here? What about supporting the local businesses? To defend the Regency mall, I love the fact the I can drive 8 minutes from Downtown Racine for the convenience of this shopping center. It has the basics, Sears, Boston store, JC Penny and now Burlington... no offense, but the WalMart is not the fashion mecca some may perceive it to be. Please let me add that it broke my heart when Steve and Barry's took over the spot where the Hole in the Mall once stood since the day the mall opened and it kills me that shoddy business practices of these mega discount stores ruin it for the local people that work hard for an honest business and apethetic consumers with little patience for the diversity of the neighborhood (what little of that there is) would rather increase their carbon footprint to drive miles away and spend the dollars elsewhere. For those that avoid the mall like the plague and wax nostalgic for an empty and abandonded place... be careful what you wish for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-44276573034326364552009-01-04T21:07:00.000-06:002009-01-04T21:07:00.000-06:00Heh Steve & Barry's gone, darn now where w...Heh Steve & Barry's gone, darn now where will folks get cheap brand new $15 beater shoes A.K.A. Starbury's ?<BR/><BR/>I avoid the mall like the plague myself I go to Sears half a dozen times a year to the Craftsman area. I go into the mall* itself probably 4 times a year and there is never ever a shortage of shoppers and or people in there. Dead mall ? Not Regency by a long shot. <BR/>I remember walking around Southgate in Milwaukee as it died in the mid to late 90's. Cool and weird for a couple of wayward yout's as the place was largely empty and abandoned and had a cool head shoppe. Smoking cigarettes was allowed in the common area's with large ashtrays right on top of the trash receptacles. <BR/><BR/>* My wife forces me, I loiter in the common area while she shops at her store.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-78098105166164978492009-01-04T20:40:00.000-06:002009-01-04T20:40:00.000-06:00I'm suprised in general that the mall has lasted t...I'm suprised in general that the mall has lasted this long. There's not much of any substance left in there, and most people I know, including myself, avoid the mall like the plague. If I have to go, it's only to Sears or JC Penney. I'd rather drive to Milwaukee to go to Southridge or Mayfair than to stick around here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com