Malls! Every town had them, when I was young.

The decline of the American mall has left just 700 still standing. Soon there may be just 150 left.
Business Insider | 10/12/22 | Tim Levin

Once-bustling American malls are going bust as shoppers flock to online retailers instead of sprawling, brick-and-mortar locations.

Ten years from now, there will be approximately 150 malls left in the US, Nick Egelanian, president of retail consulting firm SiteWorks, told The Wall Street Journal.

That’s down from around 2,500 locations in the 1980s and 700 today, Egelanian said.

Christmas shopping in the mall!

Now you kids get off my lawn.

Finally Manages To Mumble:

“Go ask Alice, when she’s ten feet tall”

In 2019, 2,231 inmates escaped from state or federal prisons in the United States.

Jan 19, 2022 — Notorious Mexican gangster El Chapo escaped from a maximum security prison by hiding in a laundry basket wheeled out by a guard with whom he was friendly.
From ABC7 Chicago:
Investigators say El Chapo once told them he had killed 2,000 to 3,000 people.

4 Inmates, Including Murder Suspect, Escape From Georgia Jail, Authorities Say
NBC Bay Area | 10/16/23 | Antonio Planas

The escapees got out through a damaged window, cut a fence and fled in a blue Dodge Challenger, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said.