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A thing not mentioned on urbanist Twitter as much:

Teens are not allowed in malls and a lot of other (effectively) public places now.

How is that possible? The goal of a mall is to attract shoppers and sell stuff to them. Why would they turn away a shopper due to age?

Especially these days, with malls dying all over the place, it seems quite peculiar that they would turn away any shopper!

Groups of teens hanging out at the mall buying a few small things are now considered a nuisance. They're not spending enough money to be welcome there.

troubled teens happened, once upon a time a mall cop was scary enough to force teen to behave a little.

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