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# Shopping Centre Hell
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2006/01/shopping_centre/
- Published: 2006-01-15T20:59:04.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T09:17:55.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: built environment, photos, shopping, urban design

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[15012006(001).jpg](http://www.flickr.com/photos/adders/86881197/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), originally uploaded by [Adam Tinworth](http://www.flickr.com/people/adders/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com).

We have a relative visiting from Bristol, and said relative wanted to go to [Bluewater](http://www.bluewater.co.uk/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com). So, off we went. 

I used to like Bluewater. I used to think it was a cut above other British shopping centres (which it still is), but then two things happened. First of all, it became more of a hang-out for chavs (for want of a better phrase), with the [cinema](http://www.showcasecinemas.co.uk/pages/bluewater.phtml?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) in particular suffering badly from this. And second, I visited a real American mall, the [Galleria](http://www.galleriamall-fl.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) in Fort Lauderdale, and now I know I see Bluewater for the pale imitation it is.

Still, it has an [Apple Store](http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/bluewater?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), so the day wasn’t entirely wasted.