I read the other day that the new owners of Gateway Mall report
a “dramatic” reduction in crime and are urging customers to come back. I can’t
imagine what’s there to come back to. Coldwater Creek isn’t; neither is
Christopher and Banks. Bombay and Company is long gone. Franklin Covey is missing,
and so are Brookstones, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Barnes and Noble. Anthropologie
moved to City Creek and the Virgin Megastore simply disappeared. All my
favorite Gateway eateries: The Happy Sumo, Rumbi Grill, McGrath’s Fish House, Z’Tejas,
Ben and Jerry’s, and Thaifoon are history. I can’t afford Fleming’s, and I
really shouldn’t try to afford Tucanos. There’s still a Megaplex at the south
end of Gateway, but we have a better movie house less than two miles from home.
It’s no wonder Gateway has no customers. Wait. Could the dramatic reduction in
crime be a result of a dramatic reduction in people?
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