We still have the live plants at the mall in my hometown. The mall itself hasn't really changed since opening in 1990. Probably the only place in town I actually enjoy going to because of the nostalgia.
It depended on what part of the country you were in, and how fast people adapted to new fashions. I know by the fall of 1992, the 90s fashions came into my school, whereas in 1991 and spring 1992, people still kinda sorta walked around like 1989, 1990...not fully....but mostly.
Me and my son have been noticing this a lot and he just mentioned it today when we passed a brand new shopping mall that has just been completed….it is grey and white and really boring!
@@j6282 my mall almost closed down. It’s empty compared to 2001-2003 when I was a kid. But it’s starting to get back on its feet again. Stores are opening again
The 90s were great. On tv we had, married with children, Roseanne, home improvement, and Seinfeld. Music, we had choice of Metallica, guns and roses, REM or Nirvana. Cars were still cool and people dressed nice, big hair and no cellphones. Good times!
Definitely a great decade of stuff being released. What's funny though is all those things are still available, plus a ton more new things, and we don't even have to wait to watch episodes. Yet 90% of the comments on here of people complaining about how "bad" things are today.
@@mogdorjust dont listen comments when people say “90s is the worst decade because life was slower, no smartphones, and the internet is lower” is all about the fact every decade wasn’t perfect even 00s also wasn’t perfect but they are DEFINITLY better that we used to be alive and its much better that living atrocious social media these days. I wish i was in 1999 to 2000s that they personally my favorite year i do love at all.
@@22lilacskyThe world is a mess.... I remember my grandparents using that exact phrase in the 80s and 90s. I laughed at them saying it then and I still laugh at people saying it today. People loooove to complain lol
Yes, and don't you remember our boomer parents saying the same thing? My dad w his stories about growing up in the fifties and how it wasn't like that anymore. Things are always simpler when you're young. Every generation will think their childhood was the last good time to be alive 😊
@@Whyismytacoblue666 The last good decade to grow up in was the decade with the highest crime rate in U.S. history? Ignorance is bliss, I suppose. Crazy how the internet and social media gives people the impression that the 80's-90's were some sort of utopia, when the crime rate was double what it is today and AIDS was spreading like wildfire.
Might sound weird, but as a kid I just thought "This is the way the world is". Alf will always be on tv, Micheal Jackson will always be popular, going to malls and renting videos on Friday is just part of life. I always knew I would grow up, but I had no notion the world would change. If I did, I think I would have tried to enjoy it more. Or maybe not. Who knows.
Living through this time frame as a kid, I never thought it would stay the same. Part of the feel of the 90s was the idea that things will continue to get better and better. I hope we all can get back to that feeling.
@@dongeraci8599 Me too. You're not alone. I didn't imagine people being mean and cruel to other's and not growing up despite their age. I didn't imagine social media like MySpace and Facebook to blow up to out of control proportions and attention whores getting popular and famous, exploiting not only themselves but their families and babies, etc. It's so bizarre.
@@dongeraci8599I know what you mean. I enjoyed my childhood in the 80s, and my teen years in the 90s very much. But I never realized that someday they would be "the good old days." 😢
@@GoodToGoIndustries paper logs only in emergency when eld fails and trucking brotherhood gone. Bunch of rude drivers and freaks from foreign lands with flip flops.
@Shackleford8 paper logs for emergencies if eld doesn't work or if you run a truck without an on board computer. Also cowboys gone. Only flip flop wearers.
Me too, late 90s is the only year i wish to be here now. World sucks and shitty now, thats why people keep complained about it how bad things back then.
Love this! There is nothing like the 90s (and 80s, but I was only born in the mid-80s) mall experience. The minute you walked through the entrance with your family, everyone went in separate directions; there was something for everyone. It was fun somehow running into each other at random places and eventually reuniting as a group.
You either agreed on a time to meet somewhere or just knew the usual places everyone was. The kids always came with me because the routine was orange Julius and the arcade until mom was done at JCPenney
@@skeezix8156 Yes! My mom was always in JCPenney or Sears lol. I was at Toys-R-Us, my big brother in the arcade, and my dad at any restaurant with a bar and a sports game on the TV. Great times.
Wow! This is my hometown mall! I was starting my senior year of high school in August '92. I didn't see anybody I recognized but Lubbock is the Hub City and attracts people from many counties around Lubbock. Thanks for posting!❤
people were more relaxed and happy and had more money to spend back then. nobody wanted a mobile phone in 1992. or cared about internet. malls were crowded and safe fun places. now malls are dead and dangerous.
Everywhere is dangerous now in 🇺🇲, even my once safe suburb which used to have very little crime -- property damage used to be the worst crime. Now we have husbands pushing pregnant wives down the steps, killing them, husbands and fathers slaughtering the entire family.
I worked at the mall in my late teens and early 20's between 1990 and 1995. This is like a recording of my own memories of the sights and sounds of the mall. I can also recall the smell of the fountain mixed with the smell of the food court. It wasn't a bad smell, just different, and the mall was the only place that had that smell. People who remember those times know what I'm talking about.
I never hesitate, I love watching these videos. The nostalgia is great, plus the all the complaining in the comments just adds to the entertainment lol
@@mogdorthe problem is people find nostalgia as a drugs and nothing will be better as much life wasnt great not even slower if the internet came out like 80s and 90s.
Aw no don’t be sad. It’s good to look back on good times and remember where you’ve been, but it is a NECESSITY to be present in the moment. All you have is NOW. Make it what you want! You have the power to change nearly anything in your immediate life.
Look at my grandparents generation at 2:49. When I was a kid back then I was on full mute around old folks but now I'm older and now got a million questions to ask them but I can't now because they're all gone.
I graduated college in December 1992. Seems like a lifetime ago. I'm so glad that I experienced this. It also dawns on me that I still dress this way. 😆
Man, I was 12yrs old In 1992… It was always Interesting watching people at the mall waiting to buy my Air Jordan shoes that just came In the store, & hanging out And n the Arcade, Record & Tape stores, & going to Dillards to buy Polo & Tommy Heilfiger clothes for school….
@@lelandgaunt9985 I remember paying 80 a pair at Hudson’s (macys) cause they were the only store that sold them , didn’t do the air Jordan thing cause that was a hood shoe.
Speaking of shoes, notice all the kids are wearing shoes and socks, like every last one? Today most kids I see are wearing sandals. Bet we are going to see a lot of foot problems later in life because of it. I'm in my 40s and have no foot issues and its because I grew up wearing Nike's and other quality shoes.
A time that will never come back. The world has sunk into a deep dark hole. Nothing will ever go back to what it was...RIP to the best decades (70s, 80s and 90s).
@EdwardWeissbard I don't remember anyone having cellphones in 1992, other than maybe an occasional very wealthy person with a car phone. Don't see anyone with a cellphone in this video, either... It's incredibly refreshing, actually.
It sounds like the problem is you being too judgmental. Re-read your comment and do some reflecting on why you hate that you cannot control the will of others.
Hard to believe this was 32 yrs ago,I was 27, time does fly by quickly,l do miss these times.living and looking back society is so different. Love your channel❤️
I was in 6th grade in '92. I remember these hair and clothing styles so well. I miss this era of time. Being a kid was awesome in the 80's and early 90's. I'm so glad I got to experience it firsthand!
wish we never would’ve left it. I just can’t believe we went from growing up from that to now being in the worst generation I’ve ever seen. people born in this day of age will never understand how good we really had it.
@@EdwardWeissbard Born in 65. A kid in the 70s, teen/young adult in the 80s, met my future wife, married and had kids in the 90s. Although life sometimes was not good to me and there were tough times I can say without a doubt, once 2000 hit, society went down hill from there, it just got worse and worse. Once social media came about and screens became more prevalent, things tanked even more.
You have to think too... it will be even a worse of a nightmare in 2056 (another 32 years later) and we will probably be saying the same thing. So, it remains true....cherish TODAY!
3:37 I still remember my older sister getting me with the: "Guess what brand my favorite jeans are?" Me: "i Don't know, what?" Her: "guess" Me: "I said i don't know" Her: "guess..." ♻
What I wouldn’t do to be able to go back. I also wish I would have listened to all of the advice my grandparents/older adults gave me. I was bestowed with such wisdom, but the disability of being a know it all kid. LOVE THESE VIDEOS. Thank you for the content!
Love these days. Miss them terribly sometimes . Its bittersweet, bc it was such a happy time for me but i know ill never be able to experience it again. I was born in 85 so my childhood was literally the 90s. And no one give me the " stop romanticizing the past" nonsense. Im very much aware of reality, im not saying there werent problems n im def not saying the world would be perect if we went back in time. But i was a child living an extremely happy carefree life. Personally for me its those feelings i long to get back..not necessarily the 90s itself. I also would love to go back to be able to be around family members that i have lost since then. Hope that makes sense. Theres a difference between romanticizing the past n simply looking back on the past with fond memories n wishing u could re live it again briefly. Ijs if a 2wk vacation destination was "my childhood in the 90s" id be booking a ticket asap lol.
Something that I note is the difference between the colors and designs from malls in the 90's, many like this one were more earthy, brownish and some were more colorful, Memphis-style. But nowadays you feel like you are in a freaking operating room, everything is so sterile, bright and white. Can't help to think that it might influence people's behaviour and how they feel.
I’m so glad somebody thought to record the everyday mundane happenings of the mall. While the world wasn’t perfect at that time, it does seem a little more simpler which is nice. Thanks for sharing this!
If you watch the 1997 high school video (just five years later) you’ll notice that fashion and styles changed very quickly. The 70s, 80s, and 2000s were all relatively consistent in music and fashion, but if you compare early 90s, to mid 90s, to late 90s it all seems like different decades
Got married that year…wish my husband and I could go back and relive those times again! So much optimism for the future…More and more I don’t feel like I belong anywhere anymore, but I suppose a lot of Gen X feels that way.🤷🏻♀️
wasn't even born during these times and I am subscribed because it just looks so calm and peaceful and lively and you can just chill with no worry. my years were the late 90s and early 2000s which people can arguably say were also very good times
Man, what it was to be a kid in the mall in '92. Spending hot Southern California afternoons hanging with my friends at the arcade, the food court, Sam Goody, etc. Not a phone in sight. People watching for an afternoon with your friends made you feel like the world was yours and that time stood still. I'm 37 now. You never know that you're in the good ol' days until they're over.
Everybody always talks about the fashion and no social media. But all I can think about is that people could go places and not have to worry about mass shootings happening. That’s something that I truly miss!
The obesity crisis hadn’t set in yet but you can see signs of its beginning in this video. The 90s was our last best decade as a nation. Thanks for uploading.
I was 25 in 1992, maybe that's why I think this way, it's hard to explain, but the women seemed to be so much prettier. I don't know if it's as simple as the hair styles or style of dress. It seems that most of the women carry themselves so much better back then. They're walking straighter, more confidence, smiling more....
I recommend taking a look at U.S. obesity rates over time. In addition to this, western women have become more masculine which many men find unattractive.
@@NateDohDoubleGee Agreed. I'm gay so don't care that much but I have less female friends as time goes on. Why? Used to be to get the feminine energy. Now many seem angry and masculine and carrying around a bag of grievances and complaints. Rather hang out with guys! Must be a nightmare to date nowadays. Also I see less and less fashion as time goes on, people generally look worse
@@istvanpraha That's an interesting perspective and one I would have never thought about, but it makes a lot of sense. Dating women now is somewhat a double edged sword. Some things are faster/easier but definitely less wholesome and mostly empty. I recommend staying gay.
@@22lilacsky No, they’ve always been corrupt and have controlled people with their bs. More people are just now figuring them out and demanding better.
@@22lilacskyFinally, a comment that makes sence. It's as If some people don't want to understand that the ones that rule are controlling everything. Completely manipulating society, and some still don't understand. Many people I know can see it now, which is good.
Damn! I hate the nostalgia stuff. But yes, I'm going to do it. I was 19 that year and I do remember those clothing styles from back then. Leftover 80's bright colors toned down, but they were still pretty wild. Ah! I'm an old! And oh man! Miller's Outpost at 1:58
This is the first of these videos where I’ve actually been in the mall featured in person! We lived 3 hours from here in the 80s and early 90s and would maybe once a year travel to this mall…it was bigger than ours, as I recall. This was amazing to watch.
It's nice to see that the glory of the 80's was still around in 1992, the hair, the clothes and the accessories. People were wearing more denim and cotton tops with simple designs and straight-cut pants. I don't like the tapered styles that both men and women are wearing nowadays, especially the dystopian style sweatpants that people walk around in.
I was 10 years old that year and have many memories of my parents taking me to our local mall and walking around. Amazing how different the world is today. I feel like I live in some kind of alternate reality today or something and that at some point I'll wake up in my bed in 1992 and it was all just some kind of strange twisted dream.
1992, age 20. I was in college, working part-time and dating regularly. But my local malls were still my sanctuaries. Ny typical 1992 look was short frizzy hair, bombet jacket, Guess jeans, and a cool t-shirt.
Love the brightly colored vintage pieces you see here, whether it's the family at 0:03, the sweater at 1:14, the multi-colored top at 1:45, the yellow blue top at 2:40, the mother's outfit at 3:29, or the older woman's Mondrian top at 3:58. You have a sense of a distinct style of bright dynamic colors that I haven't come across in other videos on this channel from this era, and you can understand why the grunge look of Kurt Cobain's worn, faded thrifted clothes had such an impact.
I just love love love women’s fashion of the early 90s . Like it was its own fashion . To me it was all casual ,cute ,colorful and comfortable! Literally every lady/girl I seen on here just dressed cute to me . Nothing fancy or ritzy . Just a simple day at the mall. I would wear all their outfits myself ! Even the grannies !
I always find myself wishing I’ll recognize either a family member or younger version of myself. Does anyone feel that way while watching these videos?
That early 90s White suburban mom hairdo was just awful. Not sure why almost literally every woman had it. At 3:22 is the 1 single brunette with really nice hair, even for 2024. Probably the single only legit hot woman in 1992 lol!
nah, just watch 90s movies and you'll see how hot women were then. As well as the 80s. So much more feminine. (I was one of them, as I'm now a 61 year old woman! ) :D
“People watching at a mall in 1992” and People watching People at a mall in 1992 in 2024 😅 Man these videos make me so glad I was a kid in the 90s. My friend and I used to joke being born 10 years too early. But then I wouldn’t have enjoyed the 90s and a time before social media. Just kids being kids.
That's how people dress now, not back then. It was August in Texas and almost everyone is wearing shoes and socks and some are wearing pants. Now it's shorts and sandals even at nice restaurants.
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I miss these days when malls and even some larger businesses had plants throughout the building. It felt more lively and less sterile.
And the fountains.
@@cadman10000 Good point. I forgot about them. Some of them were super impressive, too!
And the darker-colored tiles and wooden benches/plant stands warmed the place up
lol
We still have the live plants at the mall in my hometown. The mall itself hasn't really changed since opening in 1990. Probably the only place in town I actually enjoy going to because of the nostalgia.
Back when malls had 0 store front vacancies
Early 90s when hair styles and clothes were still the late 80s. I remember those days well.
Yeah, things had to get bigger and baggier soon.
Agree. I noticed a distinct change in fashion in 94-95 where the big hair on girls disappeared.
@@realgone222 Yeah, the grunge look was more about stringy, unwashed hair and flannel shirts and cargo pants, the total opposite of the 80s.
It depended on what part of the country you were in, and how fast people adapted to new fashions. I know by the fall of 1992, the 90s fashions came into my school, whereas in 1991 and spring 1992, people still kinda sorta walked around like 1989, 1990...not fully....but mostly.
@@realgone222I wish the big hair stayed
miss when malls had those type of interiors, now they're all gray and white and lack character.
Now they're almost entirely extinct lol
A lot of places have been "updated" to the soulless gray/white look.
Me and my son have been noticing this a lot and he just mentioned it today when we passed a brand new shopping mall that has just been completed….it is grey and white and really boring!
They lack people too
@@j6282 my mall almost closed down. It’s empty compared to 2001-2003 when I was a kid. But it’s starting to get back on its feet again. Stores are opening again
The 90s were great. On tv we had, married with children, Roseanne, home improvement, and Seinfeld. Music, we had choice of Metallica, guns and roses, REM or Nirvana. Cars were still cool and people dressed nice, big hair and no cellphones. Good times!
I remember the days of watching new episodes of Seinfeld, the Simpsons, X-Files, and hearing grunge on the radio. It was a great time to be young.
Definitely a great decade of stuff being released. What's funny though is all those things are still available, plus a ton more new things, and we don't even have to wait to watch episodes. Yet 90% of the comments on here of people complaining about how "bad" things are today.
@@mogdorjust dont listen comments when people say “90s is the worst decade because life was slower, no smartphones, and the internet is lower” is all about the fact every decade wasn’t perfect even 00s also wasn’t perfect but they are DEFINITLY better that we used to be alive and its much better that living atrocious social media these days. I wish i was in 1999 to 2000s that they personally my favorite year i do love at all.
@@mogdorbecause the world is a complete and utter chaotic mess today, look around you .. 🙄
@@22lilacskyThe world is a mess.... I remember my grandparents using that exact phrase in the 80s and 90s. I laughed at them saying it then and I still laugh at people saying it today. People loooove to complain lol
The 80's and 90's. What a great time to be alive! Those were the times we thought would never end.
Sadly, it did😢
I grew up in the 90’s.. i tell people it was the last good decade to grow up in, I couldn’t imagine growing up nowadays
Yes, and don't you remember our boomer parents saying the same thing? My dad w his stories about growing up in the fifties and how it wasn't like that anymore. Things are always simpler when you're young. Every generation will think their childhood was the last good time to be alive 😊
@@Whyismytacoblue666 The last good decade to grow up in was the decade with the highest crime rate in U.S. history? Ignorance is bliss, I suppose. Crazy how the internet and social media gives people the impression that the 80's-90's were some sort of utopia, when the crime rate was double what it is today and AIDS was spreading like wildfire.
One piece of advice I wish someone had given me as a kid would be, "It won't always be like this."
Might sound weird, but as a kid I just thought "This is the way the world is". Alf will always be on tv, Micheal Jackson will always be popular, going to malls and renting videos on Friday is just part of life. I always knew I would grow up, but I had no notion the world would change. If I did, I think I would have tried to enjoy it more. Or maybe not. Who knows.
Living through this time frame as a kid, I never thought it would stay the same. Part of the feel of the 90s was the idea that things will continue to get better and better. I hope we all can get back to that feeling.
@@dongeraci8599 Me too. You're not alone. I didn't imagine people being mean and cruel to other's and not growing up despite their age. I didn't imagine social media like MySpace and Facebook to blow up to out of control proportions and attention whores getting popular and famous, exploiting not only themselves but their families and babies, etc. It's so bizarre.
True. In the future we have better technology, more things to do, and endless complaining on youtube lol
@@dongeraci8599I know what you mean. I enjoyed my childhood in the 80s, and my teen years in the 90s very much. But I never realized that someday they would be "the good old days." 😢
In 92, i was 22 and had just got my CDL and begin my career as a truck driver. The days of paper logs, cabover tractors and cowboy truck drivers.
And proper truckers! You scare me more than I scare you! I remember seeing a truck on its side on Route 50. Scared the crap outta me.
@@GoodToGoIndustries paper logs only in emergency when eld fails and trucking brotherhood gone. Bunch of rude drivers and freaks from foreign lands with flip flops.
In 92 I was 4 and finally figured out toilets
@Shackleford8 paper logs for emergencies if eld doesn't work or if you run a truck without an on board computer. Also cowboys gone. Only flip flop wearers.
1971 baby
This is by far one of the best 90s mall videos I’ve seen. The vibe is here and that 90s summer nostalgia is heavy. Thank you!
Wish I could go back Man.
Me too, late 90s is the only year i wish to be here now. World sucks and shitty now, thats why people keep complained about it how bad things back then.
Mee too I was 10 years old. 🤘🏻👍🏻🇺🇲
@@ZMAN_420 I was 5.
@@ZMAN_420 I was 11. Miss those times so much. Wanted to grow up fast and now I just want to go back.
Same like a mf
My grandpa was one of those OG"s sitting around and people watching while my grandma shopped. He would sometimes take a nap.
Love this! There is nothing like the 90s (and 80s, but I was only born in the mid-80s) mall experience. The minute you walked through the entrance with your family, everyone went in separate directions; there was something for everyone. It was fun somehow running into each other at random places and eventually reuniting as a group.
You either agreed on a time to meet somewhere or just knew the usual places everyone was. The kids always came with me because the routine was orange Julius and the arcade until mom was done at JCPenney
@@skeezix8156 Yes! My mom was always in JCPenney or Sears lol. I was at Toys-R-Us, my big brother in the arcade, and my dad at any restaurant with a bar and a sports game on the TV. Great times.
@@tonistyleslife This sounds so wholesome I could cry.
@@rdred8693 there was something quite special about that period in time. 😊
*What a great year for a youngster!*
I was, but too much a youngster. in between the ages of the kids here at 1:20
I was 5. Growing up in the 90’s was awesome!
I was turning 1 I can't remember this time at all 🥲
You all were young but you made it. The 90s were great and the last decade of innocents.
Yeah, you could go to KB Toys and beg for Ninja Turtles and one year later, Power Rangers.
The early 90's were beautiful and heartwarming times. If I had a time machine, the early 90's would be one of my top 3 destinations.
Wow! This is my hometown mall! I was starting my senior year of high school in August '92. I didn't see anybody I recognized but Lubbock is the Hub City and attracts people from many counties around Lubbock.
Thanks for posting!❤
I'd take a vacation back to 1992 for a weekend. Would love to walk around the mall and people watch for hours.
People watch os kind of creepy. Get a life.
@EarthsGeomancer says the guy that spends way too long in the youtube comments. You live in this channels comments 😂😂😂
@@thefray123 👁👅👁
@EarthsGeomancer You must be a modern-day gay person.
@thetruthhurts131 Oh for sure, honey. Are you one of them boomers that thinks cell phones are degrading society?
people were more relaxed and happy and had more money to spend back then. nobody wanted a mobile phone in 1992. or cared about internet. malls were crowded and safe fun places. now malls are dead and dangerous.
Well said! 💯
There was no internet, and an average person couldn't easily afford a cell phone.
Good times
Everyone always says the same thing on these videos. Complain, complain, complain. Cell phones are evil! Get off my lawn! 🤣
Everywhere is dangerous now in 🇺🇲, even my once safe suburb which used to have very little crime -- property damage used to be the worst crime. Now we have husbands pushing pregnant wives down the steps, killing them, husbands and fathers slaughtering the entire family.
I worked at the mall in my late teens and early 20's between 1990 and 1995. This is like a recording of my own memories of the sights and sounds of the mall. I can also recall the smell of the fountain mixed with the smell of the food court. It wasn't a bad smell, just different, and the mall was the only place that had that smell. People who remember those times know what I'm talking about.
Yes! I remember the slight smell of chlorine in the air. Along with the sound of the fountain.
@@eliocosmos Yes!
Chick fil a and sweet caramel popcorn / butter popcorn and cotton candy in one
Man I'm always so hesitant to watch this stuff because I know it's gonna make me feel sad and wish I could go back damn you Vampire lol.
Ditto
I never hesitate, I love watching these videos. The nostalgia is great, plus the all the complaining in the comments just adds to the entertainment lol
@@mogdorthe problem is people find nostalgia as a drugs and nothing will be better as much life wasnt great not even slower if the internet came out like 80s and 90s.
Aw no don’t be sad. It’s good to look back on good times and remember where you’ve been, but it is a NECESSITY to be present in the moment. All you have is NOW. Make it what you want! You have the power to change nearly anything in your immediate life.
I really miss how life was back in the 90s!! The mall was always buzzing with people,The people were also so much different back then
Look at my grandparents generation at 2:49. When I was a kid back then I was on full mute around old folks but now I'm older and now got a million questions to ask them but I can't now because they're all gone.
I hear ya it's sad 😭
I know right! My Great Grandmom was born in Norway in 1901 and died (in the U.S.) in July of 2002. I have so many things I would like to ask her 😢
Those old people are thinking about how much they hate everything in the 90s, just like everyone here complaining about the 2020s lol
@@mogdor"Kids these days"
I have one grandparent left and I want to ask them questions but I don’t have that many (on the top of my head).
People were happy in the malls, shopping, buying, and eating. Those days are gone and never coming back.
I think you're just going to the wrong malls, man.
I graduated college in December 1992. Seems like a lifetime ago. I'm so glad that I experienced this. It also dawns on me that I still dress this way. 😆
What type of social media did you used back then?
@marcopolo3109 Ms. Pac-Man landlines phone and my friend Susan who couldn't keep a secret. LOL
@@alysonquinn4701 that was a good one haha 😅
@@marcopolo3109 True story! Haha
I was 11, lol
Man, I was 12yrs old In 1992… It was always Interesting watching people at the mall waiting to buy my Air Jordan shoes that just came In the store, & hanging out And n the Arcade, Record & Tape stores, & going to Dillards to buy Polo & Tommy Heilfiger clothes for school….
And “Guess” clothing.
What?! No Girbauds! You ain’t keepin it real! You ain’t representing!
@@lelandgaunt9985 I remember paying 80 a pair at Hudson’s (macys) cause they were the only store that sold them , didn’t do the air Jordan thing cause that was a hood shoe.
Speaking of shoes, notice all the kids are wearing shoes and socks, like every last one? Today most kids I see are wearing sandals. Bet we are going to see a lot of foot problems later in life because of it. I'm in my 40s and have no foot issues and its because I grew up wearing Nike's and other quality shoes.
I was wearing a lot of banana republic t shirts at the time. Liked the lizard and the globe art they had on them.
A time that will never come back. The world has sunk into a deep dark hole. Nothing will ever go back to what it was...RIP to the best decades (70s, 80s and 90s).
Something has gone horribly wrong with the United States since this was filmed.
No cell phones, no neon fkn hair, no stupid face tattoos - just normal people. I hate what this world has become.
Do you think someone from the 1950s/60s said the same thing about 1992, minus the cell phones and face tattoos, of course.?..
Crime was out of control then. We were in a terrible recession. Maybe you should cheer up ?
@EdwardWeissbard I don't remember anyone having cellphones in 1992, other than maybe an occasional very wealthy person with a car phone. Don't see anyone with a cellphone in this video, either... It's incredibly refreshing, actually.
This comment has gotten so fkn old…
It sounds like the problem is you being too judgmental. Re-read your comment and do some reflecting on why you hate that you cannot control the will of others.
Hard to believe this was 32 yrs ago,I was 27, time does fly by quickly,l do miss these times.living and looking back society is so different. Love your channel❤️
I was in 6th grade in '92. I remember these hair and clothing styles so well. I miss this era of time. Being a kid was awesome in the 80's and early 90's. I'm so glad I got to experience it firsthand!
Wish i could be late 90s too be teenage is also much better than be teenage in early 2020s.
The early 90's was a amazing time to be a kid I miss this era so much from the music to the arcade fighters and consoles to the old school computers.
Mid-late 90s is also better to be a teenage and be adult in early 00s is MUCH better that we expect.
wish we never would’ve left it. I just can’t believe we went from growing up from that to now being in the worst generation I’ve ever seen. people born in this day of age will never understand how good we really had it.
Ah the lovely world we once knew…
Back then everything was good in those days and I was 7 years old in 1992 😊
Thank you for always going back in time to record these videos!
😊
I miss normal life. Now is a nightmare.
I'm almost certain that is exactly what the folks born in the 50s and 60s said about the 90's
@@EdwardWeissbard Born in 65. A kid in the 70s, teen/young adult in the 80s, met my future wife, married and had kids in the 90s. Although life sometimes was not good to me and there were tough times I can say without a doubt, once 2000 hit, society went down hill from there, it just got worse and worse. Once social media came about and screens became more prevalent, things tanked even more.
You have to think too... it will be even a worse of a nightmare in 2056 (another 32 years later) and we will probably be saying the same thing.
So, it remains true....cherish TODAY!
Lmao is always January 1st 2000 everything when down hill and the sun hasn't shinned since @jayiw
@@skywishr1313 couldn't agree more.
RETRO GOLD! I was 10 years old. Thanks for the upload! 👍🏻🇺🇲
3:37 I still remember my older sister getting me with the: "Guess what brand my favorite jeans are?" Me: "i Don't know, what?" Her: "guess" Me: "I said i don't know" Her: "guess..." ♻
Aww 🙏💗 I forgot about this one !
@0:16 That baby girl is now 32 years.
Time be flying tho 😳
All those babies and small children are now in their early to late 30's...mind blown
Not late 30's. I was only 39 a few months ago and I was born in the mid 80's (84) so no. The latest they are right now is early 30's. Like 30- to 32.
@@Goodwillwinoverevil1984no because I was born in 92 and in Nov and I'm still 32 years old now, most them in this video are in their late 30s
On the more morbid side, most of those old folks are more than likely gone now.
@@akxmedia0part of life no one gets out alive
@@13thBeatleJr Very true. Death comes for us all eventually.
Those 3 gramps sitting down must of been born during the Titanic, no joke.
What I wouldn’t do to be able to go back. I also wish I would have listened to all of the advice my grandparents/older adults gave me. I was bestowed with such wisdom, but the disability of being a know it all kid. LOVE THESE VIDEOS. Thank you for the content!
Love these days. Miss them terribly sometimes . Its bittersweet, bc it was such a happy time for me but i know ill never be able to experience it again. I was born in 85 so my childhood was literally the 90s. And no one give me the " stop romanticizing the past" nonsense. Im very much aware of reality, im not saying there werent problems n im def not saying the world would be perect if we went back in time. But i was a child living an extremely happy carefree life. Personally for me its those feelings i long to get back..not necessarily the 90s itself. I also would love to go back to be able to be around family members that i have lost since then. Hope that makes sense. Theres a difference between romanticizing the past n simply looking back on the past with fond memories n wishing u could re live it again briefly. Ijs if a 2wk vacation destination was "my childhood in the 90s" id be booking a ticket asap lol.
Something that I note is the difference between the colors and designs from malls in the 90's, many like this one were more earthy, brownish and some were more colorful, Memphis-style. But nowadays you feel like you are in a freaking operating room, everything is so sterile, bright and white. Can't help to think that it might influence people's behaviour and how they feel.
I’m so glad somebody thought to record the everyday mundane happenings of the mall. While the world wasn’t perfect at that time, it does seem a little more simpler which is nice. Thanks for sharing this!
If you watch the 1997 high school video (just five years later) you’ll notice that fashion and styles changed very quickly. The 70s, 80s, and 2000s were all relatively consistent in music and fashion, but if you compare early 90s, to mid 90s, to late 90s it all
seems like different decades
True. I did notice that
Same with the 60s. Early 60s looked totally different to the late 60s.
Got married that year…wish my husband and I could go back and relive those times again! So much optimism for the future…More and more I don’t feel like I belong anywhere anymore, but I suppose a lot of Gen X feels that way.🤷🏻♀️
90-94 were my favorite years...'92 was a blast.
Music was the best in the early 90s.
I hear you bro. It wasn't quite so 80s but no so 90s either.
92 was the year of my birth, so that must have been the best year.
Not a soul on a phone and everyone present and respecting the space they're in. I miss this.
Yup no cell phones. But, us teens were on the pay phones calling our parents to come pick us up.
wasn't even born during these times and I am subscribed because it just looks so calm and peaceful and lively and you can just chill with no worry.
my years were the late 90s and early 2000s which people can arguably say were also very good times
as someone born in 2003, i'd argue somewhere between 2015-17 was the last good era
@da_silent_gen_guy yeah lol I was born 2002 I at least got to experience the 2000's.
Man, what it was to be a kid in the mall in '92. Spending hot Southern California afternoons hanging with my friends at the arcade, the food court, Sam Goody, etc. Not a phone in sight. People watching for an afternoon with your friends made you feel like the world was yours and that time stood still. I'm 37 now. You never know that you're in the good ol' days until they're over.
Everybody always talks about the fashion and no social media. But all I can think about is that people could go places and not have to worry about mass shootings happening. That’s something that I truly miss!
A much more sane world back then. I miss it greatly!
I always wonder what became of some of these people! And if anyone ever noticed tjselves on these videos!
I was 20. What a great time this was. We had no idea what we were in for.
Love these videos!!! I was 16 then! Wow!!!!!!
Wow, even 1992 still looked like the ‘80s lol I was passed out most of the early 90s.
Yes but then 1993 and 1994 became grunge, gangsta rap and flanalette clothing and it was beginning of downward era.
A lot of 80s culture was still alive and well in the 90s nothing really changed for a while maybe when it got closer to 2000
Dang. I forgot how the early 90s were still so 80's. Lots o' Big Hair.
Yeah we once had a functional civilization.
The obesity crisis hadn’t set in yet but you can see signs of its beginning in this video. The 90s was our last best decade as a nation. Thanks for uploading.
I was 25 in 1992, maybe that's why I think this way, it's hard to explain, but the women seemed to be so much prettier. I don't know if it's as simple as the hair styles or style of dress. It seems that most of the women carry themselves so much better back then. They're walking straighter, more confidence, smiling more....
I recommend taking a look at U.S. obesity rates over time. In addition to this, western women have become more masculine which many men find unattractive.
Well there’s not face tats neck tats and the big hair was still kinda in for about another year..
They knew who they were back then. Now, no one knows the definition of what it means to be a woman 😵
@@NateDohDoubleGee Agreed. I'm gay so don't care that much but I have less female friends as time goes on. Why? Used to be to get the feminine energy. Now many seem angry and masculine and carrying around a bag of grievances and complaints. Rather hang out with guys! Must be a nightmare to date nowadays. Also I see less and less fashion as time goes on, people generally look worse
@@istvanpraha That's an interesting perspective and one I would have never thought about, but it makes a lot of sense. Dating women now is somewhat a double edged sword. Some things are faster/easier but definitely less wholesome and mostly empty. I recommend staying gay.
The 80s and 90s had great moments that are being lost
Young people have no idea how different the world was back then. Everybody's so unhappy these days. back then the world made more sense.
Even kids today don’t even know how the world was so disaster like this. I feel bad them even people don’t care as much.
Everybody is so unhappy because the world hasn’t advanced like we should.
The gov wasn't completely corrupt yet but it was well on the way!
@@22lilacsky No, they’ve always been corrupt and have controlled people with their bs. More people are just now figuring them out and demanding better.
@@22lilacskyFinally, a comment that makes sence. It's as If some people don't want to understand that the ones that rule are controlling everything. Completely manipulating society, and some still don't understand. Many people I know can see it now, which is good.
Damn! I hate the nostalgia stuff. But yes, I'm going to do it. I was 19 that year and I do remember those clothing styles from back then. Leftover 80's bright colors toned down, but they were still pretty wild. Ah! I'm an old! And oh man! Miller's Outpost at 1:58
The 80s probably lasted until 1997 in Lubbock.
Nobody realizes how important these throwback nostalgia induced normal videos of day to day life are
I was 15 and loving life
No pajamas in public back then
🙄 The only reason to wear pajamas in public is if you or a family member were sleeping while having a medical emergency and are in the ER.
I just saw a grown woman wearing a pajama onesie in the food store today! I couldn't believe it!
@@heathermanning5368that why people dressly horrendous today.
Good observation!!
Shower cap people
This is the first of these videos where I’ve actually been in the mall featured in person! We lived 3 hours from here in the 80s and early 90s and would maybe once a year travel to this mall…it was bigger than ours, as I recall. This was amazing to watch.
Love this! Thanks for Sharing!
You were either a part of this time period or you weren't, im glad i was.
Fun video. It would be interesting to go to that mall today and see how it looks and if there are that many people walking around with shopping bags.
Simple and clean.
Don't forget the other classics, "not a cell phone in sight", "people respected each other" , and "get off my lawn" 🤣
Where's the smoking? I remember that being allowed in malls in 1992.
@@andrewmaximo4485there are people smoking and walking.
people were still rocking 80s style in 92 lol, it changed so quick in the following years
It's nice to see that the glory of the 80's was still around in 1992, the hair, the clothes and the accessories. People were wearing more denim and cotton tops with simple designs and straight-cut pants. I don't like the tapered styles that both men and women are wearing nowadays, especially the dystopian style sweatpants that people walk around in.
Even back then most people were thinner
Miller's Outpost! That was a frequent stop, as was Structure. Great memories, thank you for sharing this wonderful B-roll.
One of those days, back when we were kids, was the last day we met with our friends at the mall… and none of us knew it.
Remember when people didn't act like crazies when a stranger recorded them?
People nowadays are trash. If you walk around the mall nowadays and record, people will lose their shit on you.
I was 27 and living in Lexington Ky shopping at the local mall. Man I miss the 90s.
Malls were better and enormous in these videos.
I was 10 years old that year and have many memories of my parents taking me to our local mall and walking around. Amazing how different the world is today. I feel like I live in some kind of alternate reality today or something and that at some point I'll wake up in my bed in 1992 and it was all just some kind of strange twisted dream.
I wish
We are the same age
The final decade of mall relevance
Ehh give the 2000s some credit
I was born in 92, malls were still very relevant in the 2000s, they only really started dying off around 2009-2010.
I was 28 and young at that time - 32 years later it went like a flash. Now I’m old - we are here for just a nano second to put it into perspective.
I missed out on the 90's at least I can see what it was like. My mom told me a lot about it.
1:49 This kid loves the cam😂
I love your videos! Please upload more soon! Love the 2000’s the best as well as I’m partial to the 90’s
1992, age 20. I was in college, working part-time and dating regularly. But my local malls were still my sanctuaries. Ny typical 1992 look was short frizzy hair, bombet jacket, Guess jeans, and a cool t-shirt.
Love the brightly colored vintage pieces you see here, whether it's the family at 0:03, the sweater at 1:14, the multi-colored top at 1:45, the yellow blue top at 2:40, the mother's outfit at 3:29, or the older woman's Mondrian top at 3:58. You have a sense of a distinct style of bright dynamic colors that I haven't come across in other videos on this channel from this era, and you can understand why the grunge look of Kurt Cobain's worn, faded thrifted clothes had such an impact.
I actually miss going to the mall and getting things in a bag. like carrying a few from different stores. it feels luxury
No tattoos, piercings, all normal. Please, take me back.
Hey 🤨
Now that's truly what I liked about then, no body modification. Even women dressed with a bit of decorum.
Imagine if this was a time traveling live camera feed! 😂
Born and raised in Lubbock, I know exactly where this spot is in the mall. I was 7 at the time!
I just love love love women’s fashion of the early 90s . Like it was its own fashion . To me it was all casual ,cute ,colorful and comfortable! Literally every lady/girl I seen on here just dressed cute to me . Nothing fancy or ritzy . Just a simple day at the mall. I would wear all their outfits myself ! Even the grannies !
I always find myself wishing I’ll recognize either a family member or younger version of myself. Does anyone feel that way while watching these videos?
The past is a foreign country.
That early 90s White suburban mom hairdo was just awful. Not sure why almost literally every woman had it. At 3:22 is the 1 single brunette with really nice hair, even for 2024. Probably the single only legit hot woman in 1992 lol!
nah, just watch 90s movies and you'll see how hot women were then. As well as the 80s. So much more feminine. (I was one of them, as I'm now a 61 year old woman! ) :D
“People watching at a mall in 1992” and People watching People at a mall in 1992 in 2024 😅
Man these videos make me so glad I was a kid in the 90s. My friend and I used to joke being born 10 years too early. But then I wouldn’t have enjoyed the 90s and a time before social media. Just kids being kids.
I’m reading this comment with vr goggles on.
😢The mall was a great place at one point. Now I don’t ever hardly go anymore. I drive by and memories of days gone by.
Warm interiors, people interacting with each other and not their phones, just an overall chill vibe.
Ha. I was just thinking, “wow, all malls did look alike”. Then i looked in the description, that was my mall when i was 9. Awesome find.
Back when everyone dressed like they were going to the beach 24/7.
Everyone was skinny too.
That's how people dress now, not back then. It was August in Texas and almost everyone is wearing shoes and socks and some are wearing pants. Now it's shorts and sandals even at nice restaurants.
I dig that kid's GUESS ? Shirt @ 3:33