Quote Originally Posted by GUSHI View Post
Oakland mall, is becoming/is ghetto, a lot more theft, police chase etc, etc, etc.
I wouldn't say it's "ghetto", whatever that means [[do you care to extrapolate?). I would say it's a lot more diverse. I grew up going to that mall and it was mostly the white, working/middle classes of Mad Heights, South Troy, Royal Oak, and Hazel Park/Ferndale. Now it's more Asians and Arabs who have moved into the surrounding area or blacks who don't want to deal with Northland or Eastland. The better off middle class shoppers have since moved onto Somerset [[the day they found out Oakland Mall Macy's had an "urban" section ).

I think Oakland Mall is pretty sound. It has always catered well to the demographics of the area without turning itself into a dead mall. And due to the fact the John R/14 Mile area still has stores that are all heavily traffic-ed [[Target, Best Buy, DSW, BB&B, B&N), it's still a viable mall.