Going to the mall in the early 2000’s was so much fun .. I miss it 😢 I was 11 years old and I would love going to the mall with friends on a Saturday just for fun to hangout and browse clothes, listen to CD’s and take pictures at the Photo Booth. 24 years ago! 😮
@@pattycake8272 Online shopping. Plus, a ton of other modern conveniences that's made people a lot lazier to even leave their houses these days. Oh, and covid too, unfortunately. I feel like all these things have made a lot of people more anti-social than they used to be, as well. It also probably doesn't help that we now have 24 hour news channels that report every single bad thing that happens, making people even more scared of going out. As for me? None of that affects me (I don't even watch the news), and I still love going out and enjoying life.
Yeah, the early 2000s were not too far removed from the 90s when I look back on them now. I feel like 2004 is when things slowly started changing too much from how they were in the 80s and 90s, at least from my perspective and in my area. I'd love to go back to the year 2000! That was also a fun and great year for me, overall.
That was before the Democrat establishment started pushing divide and conquer, trying to separate people by race, sex, 100000 genders, socioeconomic status.
The mall was such a difference experience back then. Online shopping was still basically a pipe dream so they were all so packed and crowded at all times. Funny enough 2000 doesn't even feel that long ago to me... I was turning 14 that year... in nearing my 40s now...
I was selling stuff on eBay since 1998, when I was 13 years old 😂 But I get what you're saying.. Amazon and such weren't relevant back then. I remember the mall was such an exciting time. I was always in KB Toys, Spencer's, Hot Topic, Gamestop, Piercing/Jewelry store, FYE, etc. Completely different world now and as you said, doesn't seem like that long ago. Sad.
Personally, 1998-2000 still seems fairly modern to me and doesn't seem that long ago at all. The difference was smartphones and social media didn't exist yet, therefore it was still a simpler (and better) time. It was a perfect balance of old and new school, imho.
It's like when we were kids we used to wish SO BADLY to become into adults, but once we finally reach adulthood, we repent ourselves and wants to be kids again. :/
Life before 9/11 was pretty good! I was 19 back in 2000 and I honestly didn't have many cares in the world. These videos are total visual therapy for me. I absolutely love your channel!
18 then, best time to be young than these days lol. People we’re generally mellow, low-anxiety, not hyper-sensitive, as soft, much more considerate, took and gave jokes more, life was cool, the list really goes on, but props to y’all who was a teen in the same era ✌️
This is very true. 9/11 was a turning point for the world even. But things changed big time for us in the United States. I miss playing Pokémon on my gameboy, worrying about nothing.
The fact no one in the comments section is not begging to become kids again, just wanting to go back to the 90's-2000's makes me think that growing up was not really that bad back then... just the decade to grow up is the problem that makes me feel everything so fricked up :/
Those were the days for me! I was 18 or 19 at the time, the world was like this in some aspects until smart phones/social media. Now everyone stares into the Smart Device of choice and doesn't interact as much.
I was 18 then in 2000 and the thing I can remember about that time was how peaceful everything was. I am serious it was so good to come home at the end of a day and just watch t.v or listen to the radio. I did not even have the internet yet back then and I was so much less distracted by things. My mind was so different then and I am sure many other people felt like I did. It's something we can't get back.
As a person who was born in 1982, I feel very lucky. I got to grow up in and experience the '80s and '90s and I entered adulthood in 2000. I think it was really great growing up in the 80s and 90s and then being a young adult in the early 2000s, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. The world was definitely a much better, safer, and more fun place back then.
This is exactly what I always say. You didn't need internet, social media and cell phones for every little thing in life! It felt freer and more relaxed before. We need simplicity and slower pace. I long for this again.
Chances are I had my gameboy and I was playing Pokémon while my mom shopped for hours at our mall. I loved when she’d buy me packs of the first Pokémon cards too. I was 10 in 2000. Good times. I miss them dearly. Thanks for the video!
Incense were 15 sticks for $1??? Wow, these days each individual stick would be like $1.50!! Even then you heard people being frugal with the prices they had. These days people are much more irresponsible with their money. Back then their finances were more important than any product even if they wanted it.
I was born and raised in Chicago and I’ve been to this mall before in the 90’s as a kid growing up. It’s crazy to think this was 2000. It’s a year I remember well. The simpler times. I was 12-13 years old that year. Thank you for continuing to bless us with these timeless videos.
@@Gianne0923 I think I've only been there once. And it was probably closer to when it opened or at least in the earlier 90s so I don't remember it at all! Awesome that you knew that though! Thanks! My local malls were basically woodfield and randhurst or golfmill (and the des plaines mall but that closed when I was youngish)
i grew up in the 80s en 90s.. so for me 2000 is already "new age" and not 'the old days'. However, when i look at this: times were great! How awful things have become in just 2 decades. Internet destroyed it all.
Interesting how so many then are using cash instead of cards when buying stuff in stores. Despite I wasn’t even born yet when this video was made, anything that I purchase for myself in stores today I pay with cash as it just works better than using a card. We need to go back on using cash more often.
As long as people are ecceptive of being dictated to on how to spend there own cash the problem will continue,- everyone should rebel and pay by cash only, or leave the store, I never use a card in a store. Keep using cash people
@@WestcountryboyJamie I'm the same way 41 yrs old no credit cards, I pay nothing online all bills are paid by checks and purchases cash. F apple pay and all that nonsense in my opinion.
Man, the sound of a cash register draw sliding closed and the receipt paper being ripped right after.....this sequence of noises is the heart of traditional retail. Believe me online shopping is def easier but that sound sequence brings back memories...2000 was the very end of my more care-free kid-like years. The N64 had hit its peak- DK64, Perfect Dark....right before moving on to high school, Sept 11, the PS2, and DVDs.
I just want to be able to go to a store and buy the same things that are listed on their website. Oh you want a green color tablet at best buy? Sorry online only. Pickup not available. You want that pretty ceiling fan from home depot? Sorry not avaliable in store. Online only or we can ship it to your store. It's like they intentionally put all the good stuff online and stock the junk in a retail store. It feels like they purposely want all brick and mortar to fail. It's crazy.😢
Shopping in some actual stores has gotten so friggin' annoying and ridiculous ever since online shopping became popular. I miss the days when the actual brick and mortar store had just about EVERYTHING they sell, and not having to hear "You have to get it online!" Best Buy is a good example of a store that was way better in the 90s. Today, it's sad shell of its former self, imo.
Gosh, it does suck. Whenever I try to support brick and mortar they have way less variety (usually worst option) and it’s marked up significantly from online, more than shipping cost for sure…
Beautiful. Reminds me of moving from a small Canadian town to Vancouver in the early 2000s when I was in my late teens. The local mall, Lougheed Mall, was always packed and bustling with people like this. Now it's a shadow of its former self.
If you look at 20 year gaps over time, say 1920s to 1940s, 1940s to 1960s, 1960s to 1980s, 1980s to 2000s, there was massive noticeable differences in people, styles, clothing, shopping, etc. But the last 20-24 years not so much. With the exception of the non existence of smart phones this video from 2000 could easily be mistaken for 2024. Interesting.
That’s just your perspective. Fashion was different in the 2010s it just swung back around. Trend cycles and all that. Remember the super skinny jeans, side parts and bandage dresses? All the turquoise and coral? Now we’ve cycled back looser fits, middle parts and more neutral tones
Back in the early 2000s, I have taken day time trips to Erie PA from Franklin, PA where I live to go to Millcreek Mall in Erie PA using the now defunct Fullington Trailways bus route between Erie, Franklin, and Pittsburgh to see what things I can see and get that I would be interested in that would not be available at our local mall in Cranberry. I VERY much enjoyed doing this stopping in at places such as seen above such as goth/steampunk like shops at Millcreek Mall that would sell very similar things things with fancy shiny glossy pants, tops, shoes, jewelry, etc... Brings back memories of my little day get aways to do, shop, and see these kinds of things. Also, I remember back in April 2003, taking a 3 day trip from Franklin to Pittsburgh and while staying at a hotel in Pittsburgh suburbs then, checking out one of their large malls there looking for and stopping in these same kinds of similar shops then down in Pittsburgh to. Went to Pittsburgh via the Fullington Trailways bus from Franklin PA then for a little get away from Franklin and to check out one of the large malls there as well. Very much enjoyed my time in Pittsburgh as well then to there. Brings back good spiced up memories of this Pittsburgh trip as well. Enjoyed this video very much!
The Jerry Garcia doll and Grateful Dead teddy bears at 2:04 are cool! Wonder if anyone still has them on eBay? Those would be good collectibles if anyone hung on to them.
I would have been 21-22. Still at my first full-time job, going to night classes part time. Playing PlayStation (the first one!), hanging with friends, just starting to explore the bar scene. Good times.
Nothing but classics! Final Fantasy and other Square games, the Tomb Raiders, and yes Silent Hill and Metal Gear. Never played Legend of Dragoon though. In 2000 we were all getting hyped for the PS2.@@j-555
@@matthewsan78 of course. I was there and remember my brother bringing the PS2 home. PS2 will be my #1 for life. This channel has a video of a midnight launch of PS2 in October 2000. If you wanna see but can't find it I'll show you where. It's actually cooler to see than you'd think because there's a lot of footage.
The Year 2000 for me had its ups and downs. i recall my fam being somewhat poor and there wasnt much money to buy anything i mainly just had a Bike A TV . and some roller blades. . as the years went buy all of this began to change. at age 37 im loaded with more Video Games Films Collectibles bikes even a Gas scooter A PC Laptop Stereo system than ever before
The store at the beginning of the video, eye candy! I still have a tank top from there with sparkling letters that say "Diamonds are a girl's only dream"
5:09 OMG A CHECK! I forgot those existed and that you could use them in stores ha. I still remember going to the mall with my grandma and her using them. Now everybody uses eather their debit or credit card, apple pay, phone or watch. What a time!
It's amazing how just 24 years ago things seemed so different and so much safer without the world looking like you're living in Planet of the Apes or something.
Im glad you said America only because you cant speak for the rest of the world. Were I come from everything peaked in the 2000's. Music, fashion, blockbuster films, TV shows, videogames, animation, comicbooks....you name it. Technology was its most advanced without overtaking us. And to further boot, PC culture was non existent then.
Good times. It was the golden age of Hercules and Xena tv shows. PC gaming was awesome. Such great titles as Diablo 1 and 2. Nocturne. Dungeon Keeper 2 etc.
I am from the UK but visited Chicago 4 times between 2002-2004 to see my then girlfriend and now wife of 21 years (she moved to the UK in 2003). We went to Gurnee Mills Mall at least 3 times (usually once per visit). I remember going to Outdoor World as it had a unique frontage and we don't have anything like that in the UK. I also remember in hallways they had those vibrating chairs, which they seem to still have in the video (although I am sure they are not the same ones). I don't remember much else as I suppose all the shops have changed. We last visited in summer 2004 and I got some Timberlake boots, guess the store has gone now?
OMG cashier flashback! I worked at Home Depot as a cashier in 2000.I tried my best to be fast, accurate, and polite but I used to dream about it because it was so repetitive.
Yeah, even though the internet existed then, it wasn't completely taking over our everyday lives like it does now. Now there's so many options available that some people are now too lazy to even leave their house for anything. As someone who still loves going out and seeing other people, I absolutely hate the current couch potato era we're in right now.
It's funny, because at least in Australia, Malls are doing really well. I go to Malls frequently, and there are heaps of people, especially on Weekends. Maybe I should start filming it! 😅
Nostalgia is a powerful tool. There are so many comments here that suggest 2000 was perfectly innocent with nothing bad happening at all, this is of course false
Nobody said that nothing bad happened at all back then. We realize that no time period is perfect. They're just saying that those days were a lot simpler than today, which is true.
The fonts on the signs look the same as today. Even her drink at about 0:50 is like the same style you get today. The only thing that’s changed pretty much are iPhones and wifi
I honestly want answers... How are there so many videos of 'people watching' going as far back as the '70's with such clarity as well as the same filming format.. Did the same person literally spend nearly 50 years filming in public - and then chose to release it all on TH-cam?!? How did this channel actually happen???
I'm curious about the point of sale software running on the Windows 2000 (or Windows 98) PC. It seems pretty efficient, unlike today's off the shelf systems that involve the cashier scrolling and scrolling and scrolling and swiping and swiping through an iPad.
Notice the patience everyone had because they weren't connected to a screen. These were the good times. Who knew the whole world would change so drastically and horribly now 😢
Just want to give kudos to those store employees for their great customer service. Now I want to head to the food court next 😅 perhaps a pretzel 🥨 from Hot Sam or maybe a Sbarros pizza and gotta save room for dessert from Cinnabon.
I can't imagine ppl today not losing their minds if someone in line had to stop to write a check😂--god i miss those days💗 The mall was heaven and i would give anything to experience it again✨💗
Man any malls I’ve been to in recent years have been dead or there’s nothing worth buying in them. I remember they used to be busier even just a decade or so ago. I go every once in a while to check a couple stores in there and grab a pretzel but I don’t stay long anymore
Army men world war released 4 3 2000 PS1 my second favorite in army men series first being army men air attack. army men games are lots of fun to play .
Writing checks!!!! 😂😂❤ I was still a kid back then but I remembered using cash a lot and my parents used cash or checks as a form of payment. We used credit cards for major things.
All the people using cheques to pay and bring able to take thier merchandise before cheques have cleared is just awesome 😎!! So much trust from the retailers back then for this !!
Ah the day you could actually walk into a mall with a snazzy trench coat or rain coat and no one would judge you for it or think you were a active shooter
Do you have any videos of people shopping at a Marshalls, TJ Maxx, or Ross Dress For Less store in the 90's or early 2000's? I would like to see what the inside of Marshalls, TJ Maxx, and Ross stores looked like in the 90's.
2000, When people actually had clothes on and looked nice and things were normal, Treating people with respect, no one doing Tictoks or stupid pranks, People actually had a Freaking life and it was Awesome!! 2024 could never...😂😂
We hear "Have a good New Year" at 1:13. But we hear "Happy Holidays" at 7:20. So either this was filmed over multiple days, some of them being before Christmas and some of them being after... or someone here knew that Christmas was coming up but was like "Nah, let's just skip to 2001."
Call me crazy, but I think humanity entered some other dimension along the way. There is no way that this world that we live in currently, is the same as the one we are all watching right now on this video.
@@derekadrian7217 that's interesting because in my view cw started somewhere in the mid-late 2010s. My life was just terrible back in 2008-2009 tho. There was already a feeling that everything in the US was run down, but even back then I felt there was still some good media that came out. Not much, but enough to keep me distracted. I thought the early 2010s was the first decent period since 9/11 but it was short-lived.
Going to the mall in the early 2000’s was so much fun .. I miss it 😢 I was 11 years old and I would love going to the mall with friends on a Saturday just for fun to hangout and browse clothes, listen to CD’s and take pictures at the Photo Booth. 24 years ago! 😮
Why did everyone stop going?
Magnify your love of Y2k malls by 1000 times and you would have malls from the '80s.
@@billschlafly4107eh, 90’s were better
@@pattycake8272 Online shopping. Plus, a ton of other modern conveniences that's made people a lot lazier to even leave their houses these days. Oh, and covid too, unfortunately. I feel like all these things have made a lot of people more anti-social than they used to be, as well. It also probably doesn't help that we now have 24 hour news channels that report every single bad thing that happens, making people even more scared of going out. As for me? None of that affects me (I don't even watch the news), and I still love going out and enjoying life.
Yeah, the early 2000s were not too far removed from the 90s when I look back on them now. I feel like 2004 is when things slowly started changing too much from how they were in the 80s and 90s, at least from my perspective and in my area. I'd love to go back to the year 2000! That was also a fun and great year for me, overall.
I miss 1999 and 2000 so much 😢
So do I!
Me too, which were such good years to me!
2005 for me 😢
I do too. I prefer visiting Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood, and the Las Vegas Strip again in 1999 and 2000!!
Me to and also miss the trips I would take to Erie, PA and Pittsburgh PA malls.
Look at all these civil people
Right?! 😂😊
That was before the Democrat establishment started pushing divide and conquer, trying to separate people by race, sex, 100000 genders, socioeconomic status.
People actually had to have social skills and interact with people daily to exist back then.
@@violetblythe6912 We are fucked.
😂Just proves Social engineering is Government influenced. We change because they change Us.
The mall was such a difference experience back then. Online shopping was still basically a pipe dream so they were all so packed and crowded at all times. Funny enough 2000 doesn't even feel that long ago to me... I was turning 14 that year... in nearing my 40s now...
Yup. Time really does go by way to fast. I graduated in 07. And I miss how there was no online shopping
I was selling stuff on eBay since 1998, when I was 13 years old 😂
But I get what you're saying.. Amazon and such weren't relevant back then.
I remember the mall was such an exciting time. I was always in KB Toys, Spencer's, Hot Topic, Gamestop, Piercing/Jewelry store, FYE, etc.
Completely different world now and as you said, doesn't seem like that long ago.
Sad.
Personally, 1998-2000 still seems fairly modern to me and doesn't seem that long ago at all. The difference was smartphones and social media didn't exist yet, therefore it was still a simpler (and better) time. It was a perfect balance of old and new school, imho.
WOW i turned 15 that year! born in 85. going on 39 this year. Last of the 30s lol
@@jfitnesshealth I just turned 40 last month (born ‘84) and I’m happy to announce its not so bad
Back then, we wonder about the future. Now, we wonder about the past.
And with good reason!
It's like when we were kids we used to wish SO BADLY to become into adults, but once we finally reach adulthood, we repent ourselves and wants to be kids again. :/
Life before 9/11 was pretty good! I was 19 back in 2000 and I honestly didn't have many cares in the world. These videos are total visual therapy for me. I absolutely love your channel!
18 then, best time to be young than these days lol. People we’re generally mellow, low-anxiety, not hyper-sensitive, as soft, much more considerate, took and gave jokes more, life was cool, the list really goes on, but props to y’all who was a teen in the same era ✌️
Younger generations can’t understand how much better our world was pre 9/11/01. It was another universe compared to today, and I’m only 39.
This is very true. 9/11 was a turning point for the world even. But things changed big time for us in the United States. I miss playing Pokémon on my gameboy, worrying about nothing.
It was shit back then
The fact no one in the comments section is not begging to become kids again, just wanting to go back to the 90's-2000's makes me think that growing up was not really that bad back then... just the decade to grow up is the problem that makes me feel everything so fricked up :/
@@kirbytooie64 don’t worry. People say this about every generation. I was alive back then. Kids my age wanted to grow up in the 70’s LOL. D
I'm 39 too😂
A world with no smartphones and social media. Such a wonderful time.
And no lgbt flag
I agree...no smart phones..... perfect, beautiful, bliss. ❤️
Agreed! We still had access to the information of the internet, but we weren't chained to it. A perfect blend of the old and new school
@@nadineskye7050 this is very true...
There is actually people at the mall
Those were the days for me! I was 18 or 19 at the time, the world was like this in some aspects until smart phones/social media. Now everyone stares into the Smart Device of choice and doesn't interact as much.
What’s taking so long for that original charm to come back since December 2013? Why do I feel like the peoples want it to be forgotten?
Like ur doing rn
I was 18 then in 2000 and the thing I can remember about that time was how peaceful everything was. I am serious it was so good to come home at the end of a day and just watch t.v or listen to the radio. I did not even have the internet yet back then and I was so much less distracted by things. My mind was so different then and I am sure many other people felt like I did. It's something we can't get back.
As a person who was born in 1982, I feel very lucky. I got to grow up in and experience the '80s and '90s and I entered adulthood in 2000. I think it was really great growing up in the 80s and 90s and then being a young adult in the early 2000s, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. The world was definitely a much better, safer, and more fun place back then.
@@breebartkowiakova It's as if those of us born in the early 80's were the last dinosaurs left. 🦕🦖
This is exactly what I always say. You didn't need internet, social media and cell phones for every little thing in life! It felt freer and more relaxed before. We need simplicity and slower pace. I long for this again.
@@breebartkowiakova
you were 18 in 2000 im millennial born in 1991 a lot has changed/different since 2000 & 2001 is the start of the 21st century
2000 was still a good year to be in the malls...Some malls are still ok around the Holiday's imo
One day, it will change from some to all malls. All good malls deserve a triumphant retro comeback.
@@reneastle8447 Man, I really hope so! I don't want to live in a world where mall don't exist anymore.
@@jscountrygirl85_326 That's right, which is why the Retro Decade Revival Project is gonna bring old school back into the mainstream.
Chances are I had my gameboy and I was playing Pokémon while my mom shopped for hours at our mall. I loved when she’d buy me packs of the first Pokémon cards too. I was 10 in 2000. Good times. I miss them dearly. Thanks for the video!
Incense were 15 sticks for $1??? Wow, these days each individual stick would be like $1.50!! Even then you heard people being frugal with the prices they had. These days people are much more irresponsible with their money. Back then their finances were more important than any product even if they wanted it.
So very true. I noticed that with just the amount junk people buy now days at cheep stores.
This was the perfect life In the 2000's.
I was born and raised in Chicago and I’ve been to this mall before in the 90’s as a kid growing up. It’s crazy to think this was 2000. It’s a year I remember well. The simpler times. I was 12-13 years old that year. Thank you for continuing to bless us with these timeless videos.
I am from Chicagoland too and was wondering what mall this was??
This is Gurnee Mills. It’s been over 2 decades since I been there but I do remember this one.
@@Gianne0923 I think I've only been there once. And it was probably closer to when it opened or at least in the earlier 90s so I don't remember it at all! Awesome that you knew that though! Thanks! My local malls were basically woodfield and randhurst or golfmill (and the des plaines mall but that closed when I was youngish)
i grew up in the 80s en 90s.. so for me 2000 is already "new age" and not 'the old days'. However, when i look at this: times were great! How awful things have become in just 2 decades. Internet destroyed it all.
Totally agree.
there was touchscreens before in the 1990s and early 2000s than
This was very pleasant to watch.
Interesting how so many then are using cash instead of cards when buying stuff in stores. Despite I wasn’t even born yet when this video was made, anything that I purchase for myself in stores today I pay with cash as it just works better than using a card. We need to go back on using cash more often.
I'm 41 years old and agree 100%.
Cash is going extinct. We didn't even have to worry about fees.
Some are even using checks! 😯
As long as people are ecceptive of being dictated to on how to spend there own cash the problem will continue,- everyone should rebel and pay by cash only, or leave the store, I never use a card in a store. Keep using cash people
@@WestcountryboyJamie I'm the same way 41 yrs old no credit cards, I pay nothing online all bills are paid by checks and purchases cash. F apple pay and all that nonsense in my opinion.
Man, the sound of a cash register draw sliding closed and the receipt paper being ripped right after.....this sequence of noises is the heart of traditional retail. Believe me online shopping is def easier but that sound sequence brings back memories...2000 was the very end of my more care-free kid-like years. The N64 had hit its peak- DK64, Perfect Dark....right before moving on to high school, Sept 11, the PS2, and DVDs.
New Vampire Robot video -- instant thumbs up! I love watching these, interesting nostalgia of the mundane. Thanks my friend!
I just want to be able to go to a store and buy the same things that are listed on their website. Oh you want a green color tablet at best buy? Sorry online only. Pickup not available. You want that pretty ceiling fan from home depot? Sorry not avaliable in store. Online only or we can ship it to your store. It's like they intentionally put all the good stuff online and stock the junk in a retail store. It feels like they purposely want all brick and mortar to fail. It's crazy.😢
Shopping in some actual stores has gotten so friggin' annoying and ridiculous ever since online shopping became popular. I miss the days when the actual brick and mortar store had just about EVERYTHING they sell, and not having to hear "You have to get it online!" Best Buy is a good example of a store that was way better in the 90s. Today, it's sad shell of its former self, imo.
Gosh, it does suck. Whenever I try to support brick and mortar they have way less variety (usually worst option) and it’s marked up significantly from online, more than shipping cost for sure…
Beautiful. Reminds me of moving from a small Canadian town to Vancouver in the early 2000s when I was in my late teens. The local mall, Lougheed Mall, was always packed and bustling with people like this. Now it's a shadow of its former self.
Imagine paying via check at the mall. Sounds glorious!
I love the look that the woman @ 2:48 has! The blue metallic nail polish and the makeup… soooooo 90s 😍
If you look at 20 year gaps over time, say 1920s to 1940s, 1940s to 1960s, 1960s to 1980s, 1980s to 2000s, there was massive noticeable differences in people, styles, clothing, shopping, etc. But the last 20-24 years not so much. With the exception of the non existence of smart phones this video from 2000 could easily be mistaken for 2024. Interesting.
To many people in mall to be 2024
I was thinking the same thing...this doesn't look like almost 25 years ago. Going from 1976 to 2000 is like a different universe.
I thought the same thing. This doesn't look too much different than 2024, other than a few technological differences.
That’s just your perspective. Fashion was different in the 2010s it just swung back around. Trend cycles and all that. Remember the super skinny jeans, side parts and bandage dresses? All the turquoise and coral? Now we’ve cycled back looser fits, middle parts and more neutral tones
@@frostyskeletons8950 yeah, it's just not as noticeable and obvious as the other decades.
Back in the early 2000s, I have taken day time trips to Erie PA from Franklin, PA where I live to go to Millcreek Mall in Erie PA using the now defunct Fullington Trailways bus route between Erie, Franklin, and Pittsburgh to see what things I can see and get that I would be interested in that would not be available at our local mall in Cranberry. I VERY much enjoyed doing this stopping in at places such as seen above such as goth/steampunk like shops at Millcreek Mall that would sell very similar things things with fancy shiny glossy pants, tops, shoes, jewelry, etc... Brings back memories of my little day get aways to do, shop, and see these kinds of things. Also, I remember back in April 2003, taking a 3 day trip from Franklin to Pittsburgh and while staying at a hotel in Pittsburgh suburbs then, checking out one of their large malls there looking for and stopping in these same kinds of similar shops then down in Pittsburgh to. Went to Pittsburgh via the Fullington Trailways bus from Franklin PA then for a little get away from Franklin and to check out one of the large malls there as well. Very much enjoyed my time in Pittsburgh as well then to there. Brings back good spiced up memories of this Pittsburgh trip as well. Enjoyed this video very much!
Amazing to watch people live perfectly normal lives WITHOUT CELL PHONES.
Im so sick of phones and social media
Heaps of people carried cell phones in their pockets in year 2000
I guess there were still arcades in the malls in those days too
Oh yeah, I was going to arcades in 2000, myself!
Malls now are depressing because of no arcades.
The Jerry Garcia doll and Grateful Dead teddy bears at 2:04 are cool! Wonder if anyone still has them on eBay? Those would be good collectibles if anyone hung on to them.
People paying with $1 Bills
Back then a dollar still bought something. 🥴
@@georgehenderson7783 Yep. Now you can't even get anything for a dollar at dollar stores anymore.
I would have been 21-22. Still at my first full-time job, going to night classes part time. Playing PlayStation (the first one!), hanging with friends, just starting to explore the bar scene. Good times.
nice. but were u playin trash or goodies like metal gear solid, silent hill, legend of dragoon, etc
I was 21
Nothing but classics! Final Fantasy and other Square games, the Tomb Raiders, and yes Silent Hill and Metal Gear. Never played Legend of Dragoon though. In 2000 we were all getting hyped for the PS2.@@j-555
@@matthewsan78 of course. I was there and remember my brother bringing the PS2 home. PS2 will be my #1 for life. This channel has a video of a midnight launch of PS2 in October 2000. If you wanna see but can't find it I'll show you where. It's actually cooler to see than you'd think because there's a lot of footage.
Should have bought a dreamcast before it died😢
*HOLY SH-T!!!!* That lady is wearing a Coal Chamber shirt!!!! So Late 90’s/early 2000’s… 🤯🤘🤘 Good Ol’ Days… 0:46
Those computers running the cash registers were probably running on Windows 2000
The Year 2000 for me had its ups and downs. i recall my fam being somewhat poor and there wasnt much money to buy anything i mainly just had a Bike A TV . and some roller blades. . as the years went buy all of this began to change. at age 37 im loaded with more Video Games Films Collectibles bikes even a Gas scooter A PC Laptop Stereo system than ever before
Born in '92.
I miss the 90's warmth.
Miss the early 2000s excitement.
Same
The store at the beginning of the video, eye candy! I still have a tank top from there with sparkling letters that say "Diamonds are a girl's only dream"
5:09 OMG A CHECK! I forgot those existed and that you could use them in stores ha. I still remember going to the mall with my grandma and her using them. Now everybody uses eather their debit or credit card, apple pay, phone or watch. What a time!
A shame how everything was nice, fun and a great day to join shopping in 2000 until they now turned into online shopping.
one year before tragedy would change our lives forever
Three new videos in one day!? You spoiling us guuuud!
It's amazing how just 24 years ago things seemed so different and so much safer without the world looking like you're living in Planet of the Apes or something.
It only seemed safer because we didn't have the same level of information about the world from the internet.
It's all fake news!@@MrCarGuy
And more relaxed. No rushing like todays society
It was a rat race back then, not much different.
I used to go to a record store in the mall of my city. I remember I bought "Stiff upper lip" from AC/DC in april. Great times! I was 17.
The golden age for this country was 80s, 90s and early 2000s. Up to 2005. That was the last time it was great and it'll never be great again. IYKYK
Yep
That golden age ended on 9/11/2001.
Im glad you said America only because you cant speak for the rest of the world. Were I come from everything peaked in the 2000's. Music, fashion, blockbuster films, TV shows, videogames, animation, comicbooks....you name it. Technology was its most advanced without overtaking us. And to further boot, PC culture was non existent then.
Nothing will ever replace *That* keyboard clack!
Back when there were no smartphones and social media and people used computers like the one in my profile picture. A different time it was!
The white computers to work in the cash register in that time.
Good times. It was the golden age of Hercules and Xena tv shows. PC gaming was awesome. Such great titles as Diablo 1 and 2. Nocturne. Dungeon Keeper 2 etc.
All star baseball released 3 30 2000 N64 exclusive one of my favorite N64 Baseball titles
Dude on register was lightning fast
I am from the UK but visited Chicago 4 times between 2002-2004 to see my then girlfriend and now wife of 21 years (she moved to the UK in 2003). We went to Gurnee Mills Mall at least 3 times (usually once per visit). I remember going to Outdoor World as it had a unique frontage and we don't have anything like that in the UK. I also remember in hallways they had those vibrating chairs, which they seem to still have in the video (although I am sure they are not the same ones). I don't remember much else as I suppose all the shops have changed. We last visited in summer 2004 and I got some Timberlake boots, guess the store has gone now?
I worked at Ritz Camera in 99/2000 at the mall. I remember everything so clearly. The music, the style. One thing I don't miss is personal checks!
Peak humanity
Omg the old thermal receipt printers... you never realize how common that sound was until it's just a part of history.
Cash, no phones 🥴
2:01 Jerry Garcia?? 😁
OMG cashier flashback! I worked at Home Depot as a cashier in 2000.I tried my best to be fast, accurate, and polite but I used to dream about it because it was so repetitive.
Miss those days when the malls were lively.... My son was 3 years old at the time.... Best days before the stupid Internet ruined our world
I was 18 or 19 at the time depending on what month it was. I 100% AGREE! 👍🏻🇺🇲
I was 8 years old. I won’t ever forget these times, I consider myself very lucky to have experienced it for a short time.
Yep online shopping
The internet was actually fun to use back then. Social media is the wet blanket that destroyed it!
Yeah, even though the internet existed then, it wasn't completely taking over our everyday lives like it does now. Now there's so many options available that some people are now too lazy to even leave their house for anything. As someone who still loves going out and seeing other people, I absolutely hate the current couch potato era we're in right now.
going to the mall just isnt the same anymore, at least in my country Canada!😪
It's funny, because at least in Australia, Malls are doing really well. I go to Malls frequently, and there are heaps of people, especially on Weekends.
Maybe I should start filming it! 😅
Classic year, got into so many of the things I like to this day, back then
things started falling down REAL quick after 2012! I've given up at this point, it's not coming back, there's only pain ahead, oh...
Nostalgia is a powerful tool. There are so many comments here that suggest 2000 was perfectly innocent with nothing bad happening at all, this is of course false
Nobody said that nothing bad happened at all back then. We realize that no time period is perfect. They're just saying that those days were a lot simpler than today, which is true.
It was shit for different reasons but comparing it to now, it was better.
The fonts on the signs look the same as today. Even her drink at about 0:50 is like the same style you get today. The only thing that’s changed pretty much are iPhones and wifi
I honestly want answers... How are there so many videos of 'people watching' going as far back as the '70's with such clarity as well as the same filming format.. Did the same person literally spend nearly 50 years filming in public - and then chose to release it all on TH-cam?!? How did this channel actually happen???
It’s all just stock footage shot for various news segments.
I visit this mall sometimes! I had my very first cafe au lait from a little coffee shop in the food court in 1997. It was $1.75
I'm curious about the point of sale software running on the Windows 2000 (or Windows 98) PC. It seems pretty efficient, unlike today's off the shelf systems that involve the cashier scrolling and scrolling and scrolling and swiping and swiping through an iPad.
I'd love to know myself. Little did anyone know that Windows XP would swoop right in a year later and change the PC universe forever!
You can scan barcoded and things with iPad, too
Was credit card usage rare back in 2000? I notice everyone is paying in cash.
more cash then cards, at least in my experience
As far as I remember, people avoided using credit card because they where more conscious about card limits and debt
Notice the patience everyone had because they weren't connected to a screen. These were the good times. Who knew the whole world would change so drastically and horribly now 😢
8:41 ... 44 year old Hawaii guy here... Are those pogs?? Kept in a damn glass case?
I love seeing Hagrid just vibing out there not a care in the world! 2:00
Just want to give kudos to those store employees for their great customer service. Now I want to head to the food court next 😅 perhaps a pretzel 🥨 from Hot Sam or maybe a Sbarros pizza and gotta save room for dessert from Cinnabon.
I was 10 and life was good :(
Back in the year 2000, we thought we were living in the future. Can you believe that? 😂
I can't imagine ppl today not losing their minds if someone in line had to stop to write a check😂--god i miss those days💗 The mall was heaven and i would give anything to experience it again✨💗
2-3 years old.
Man any malls I’ve been to in recent years have been dead or there’s nothing worth buying in them.
I remember they used to be busier even just a decade or so ago.
I go every once in a while to check a couple stores in there and grab a pretzel but I don’t stay long anymore
She wanted to wait i guess she was watching her budget or trying to watch her budget ....the truth of the matter she could have been broke ASF!
Anyone know if this is the Gurnee Mills Mall in Gurnee, IL? I saw someone with a Warren HS jacket which is close to the mall.
Yes it is
Army men world war released 4 3 2000 PS1 my second favorite in army men series first being army men air attack. army men games are lots of fun to play .
Oh The days when we paid with Cash…takes me back
Some still pay with credit cards
Thanks for the video
Writing checks!!!! 😂😂❤ I was still a kid back then but I remembered using cash a lot and my parents used cash or checks as a form of payment. We used credit cards for major things.
Jerry was five years gone already. He really detested being depicted in effigy.
Price of fame and fortune.
Just the sound of the receipts spitting out is nostalgic..Lol
All the people using cheques to pay and bring able to take thier merchandise before cheques have cleared is just awesome 😎!! So much trust from the retailers back then for this !!
My youngest son was born that year..23 years ago..wow!
Ah the day you could actually walk into a mall with a snazzy trench coat or rain coat and no one would judge you for it or think you were a active shooter
I miss it🥹🥹
Back then when things were more meaningful.
Awww now I remember going to malls in 2000
Fair prices, better stores, restaurants, and especially arcades.
True! True! True! And true!
Do you have any videos of people shopping at a Marshalls, TJ Maxx, or Ross Dress For Less store in the 90's or early 2000's? I would like to see what the inside of Marshalls, TJ Maxx, and Ross stores looked like in the 90's.
Does anybody know the what the song is at 2:05?
A remix of
I want your love by Automic Cat .
2000, When people actually had clothes on and looked nice and things were normal, Treating people with respect, no one doing Tictoks or stupid pranks, People actually had a Freaking life and it was Awesome!! 2024 could never...😂😂
AGREE 100%! 👍🏻🇺🇲
Facts, brother!!
Uncle Jerry & all the Grateful Dead bears!!!!
😍🌹🍄💀🍄🌹😍
We hear "Have a good New Year" at 1:13. But we hear "Happy Holidays" at 7:20. So either this was filmed over multiple days, some of them being before Christmas and some of them being after... or someone here knew that Christmas was coming up but was like "Nah, let's just skip to 2001."
Call me crazy, but I think humanity entered some other dimension along the way. There is no way that this world that we live in currently, is the same as the one we are all watching right now on this video.
I guess I'm crazy too, because that makes perfect sense to me. I think we entered a different dimension somewhere in the 2010's, lol.
@@jscountrygirl85_326 Life is strange, isn't it? Maybe the Mayans were right after all.
I feel we entered clown dimension around 2008-2009
@@derekadrian7217 that's interesting because in my view cw started somewhere in the mid-late 2010s. My life was just terrible back in 2008-2009 tho. There was already a feeling that everything in the US was run down, but even back then I felt there was still some good media that came out. Not much, but enough to keep me distracted. I thought the early 2010s was the first decent period since 9/11 but it was short-lived.
9/11 kicked off the rise of the surveillance state, perpetual war, and a general constant feeling of anxiety.
hey this is gurnee mills!! i live like 20 mins from there, been going downhill the last decade :(
I was 14 yrs old in 2000,what a time it was to be a teenager,I miss it all the time.🥲
Same here, I turned 16 in March 2000
O my word 😮 did i see someone paying with a check. Wow, you don't see that anymore they don't even teach check writing in schools 😢.
Is most or all of your stuff B-roll from local tv stations' news departments?
It was a great time period.
Cash and checks.....making change!
Using cash.
I will pay cash until the end of my days
@@MichaelGeorge161The "chosen people" has taken that away. Tick tock.