The Daily Populous Monday November 1st, 2021 day edition
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nathanimal_d on October 31st, 2021 at 18:30 UTC »

This is Northridge in Brown Deer, WI.

Lights aren't on, it's all skylight. Power was shut off a few years ago when the maintenance guy was electrocuted to death trying to keep the power on.

The property was purchased by a Chinese investor and has been in and out of legal battles surrounding its development. Recently, security lapsed and it was completely vandalized and now likely impossible to turn into anything else.

I walked in because I could see it was easy enough to do so so I thought I'd give myself a little guided tour of my (46M) childhood. Ironically, ran into the Chinese owner who joked around a bit about the state of the place and told me to take anything I wanted.

Edit: guess I shouldn't be surprised that Reddit loves the mix of nostalgia, criminal activity, social commentary and dick graffiti that is an abandoned mall. Thanks for the interest. As your reward, here are more pics from my trip..

https://imgur.com/gallery/C95PPFe

Assidental1 on October 31st, 2021 at 18:47 UTC »

Reminds me of the mall used (loosely) in Stranger Things season 3

Camman1 on October 31st, 2021 at 22:28 UTC »

Will Power is an idiot for writing his name on the escalator