https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 20 May 2026 03:58:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center/page/2#post-230733 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:36:25 +0000 Dawn 230733@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am ten seconds away from my favourite shopping area (Oasis, Mango, AWear, New Look, Brown Thomas, River Island, Primark, Schuh, Clarks, vintage/ thrift shops, French Connection, United Colours of Benetton, Debenhams) as I live just above one of the shopping streets in my city. It is so bad for my wallet, and made SYC so difficult. </p> <p>Another shopping centre is a 15 minute bike ride or bus journey, and I would go there about once a month as the only H&amp;M, Topshop and Zara in the city are there. I used to live beside this shopping centre for six months, and I was probably in there once every week. There is a TKMaxx just outside the city, and I go there every three or four months when I have a few hours to kill. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center/page/2#post-230712 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:09:55 +0000 yublocka 230712@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is an interesting question - makes me realised I am quite spoilt for choice!</p> <p>Thanks to the wonders of Google Maps, I can tell you I am:</p> <p>- 7km/4.5 mi from central melbourne (take the tram there, who wants to park in the city?)</p> <p>- 9km/5.5mi from chadstone, my fave mall (12-20 min drive depending on traffic)</p> <p>- 2.5km/1.5mi from Chapel st, one of Melbs main shopping streets.Not sure why don't I go there more often! (I drive if I have someone to meet/an appt to keep /am travelling with another person, otherwise I walk it or bike it there)</p> <p>- 400m/0.2mi to my closest supermarkets, a few boutiques and funky gift stores (walk there, of course!)</p> <p>And most importantly, I am 600m/0.4mi to the beach!!! I really love where I live! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center/page/2#post-230696 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:30:00 +0000 Louise 230696@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favourite shopping area is about 4 miles away about 15 mins by car and I'm there most Saturday's !! x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230672 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:18:34 +0000 MsMary 230672@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The only thing I don't have nearby is an outlet mall. The closest one is about an hour away. Which is probably just as well! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230669 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:09:34 +0000 AJ 230669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also like to measure by minutes. Most of the places I go to (Old Navy, DSW, Nordstrom Rack, Marshall's, Ross, Stein Mart, Target) are 10 minutes away and the mall with a Nordstrom's is 15 minutes from my house. The outlet malls are 45 minutes away and I go there 2-3 times a year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230656 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 06:10:52 +0000 Lena 230656@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hehee, Shell, I also tend to measure distances in terms of minutes and hours. </p> <p>A lot of my local stores are spread out in different malls around the area and I drive to every single one. There's one smaller shopping center with Talbots, Old Navy, TJ Maxx, WHBM, shoe stores. There's a large mall with Macys, JC Penney, BR, GAP, Loft (but not Ann Taylor), VS, American Eagle, Forever 21, etc, 15 minutes from my house. There are several Targets within 20 minutes driving distance. We used to have an Express at the big mall many years ago, until they decided to leave (I didn't miss them at the time, but I do now). There's also a depressing crummy shopping mall in our sister town across the river. </p> <p>More upscale and varied shopping areas are 2+hrs away and they have Nordies, Ann Taylor, Express, JCrew, Anthro, BCBG and various designer boutiques. All of these are in multiple outlets, in various shopping centers, urban and suburban. Nordies Rack is even farther and more inconvenient in Portland downtown.</p> <p>A lot of what can tempt me is 2hrs away, and that's both good and bad. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230573 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:19:32 +0000 Elly 230573@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Depends on what you want to classify as a mall/shopping. To reach the brands that many of you ladies shop (GAP, AT, J Crew, Nordstrom) I have to drive 11-12 hours. There are some but not a great selection (Macy's, some crummy outlets) about 4 hours away and then shops that are for "emergency" shopping only 30-45 min away. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230562 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:41:41 +0000 Theresa 230562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is fascinating reading!!</p> <p>My local shops - which are not even remotely all that great - are a 12klm/7mi one way drive (approx 15 mins), the big shops that have more variety (but still nothing exciting) are 48klms/30mi one way (approx 45mins drive) - I go to that town about once a fortnight - I don't shop on every visit though.</p> <p>But, if I want to go to a department store... well its 670klms/416mi (one way!) - which is a 9hr+ drive or a 1hr flight! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230484 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:56:56 +0000 Kari 230484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's 8 miles one way for me. I can (and sometimes do) bus, but the bus takes about 45 minutes &amp; isn't direct, and the bus stop is a ways for me to walk. There's another that's 10 miles away, but I have to drive to that one.</p> <p>Downtown Seattle is very easily accessible to me by express bus! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230480 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:50:13 +0000 Queen Mum 230480@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>haha- I first read this as "how do you travel... " ummm. by car....<br /> My local mall is 2 blocks away. If I want to go to Nordstrom its' 12.4 miles by the route I like to take and is supposed to take 17 minutes according to Google maps. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230447 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:59:53 +0000 An 230447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>5 mins for me to my closest shopping centre. But I try to go to Melb about twice per year for a decent start of season shop and that is approx 3.5hrs each way! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230445 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:53:35 +0000 April 230445@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm about 8 miles from the fabulous King of Prussia mall, but it still takes 40 minutes to get there. If I'm not up for that ride, I'm three miles from a higher-end shopping center (Ann Taylor, Macy's, Talbots, Urban Outfitters, White House/Black Market, etc.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230434 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:12:10 +0000 shell 230434@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the differences in units of measurement! I've often heard before that you can tell someone is from my home city if you measure distance in minutes and hours! Sounds like that applies to many other regions as well!</p> <p>So, in staying true to my hometown, I live about 20 min from my favorite malls, give or take a few min for traffic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230427 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:52:27 +0000 Beth 230427@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I live out in the country, so the only decent mall is 30-ish minutes away. That said, since the mall is in the suburbs, even when I lived in the city, I drove that far to get there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230356 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:04:16 +0000 shana 230356@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, some of you are lucky to have shopping so nearby!! I have a Marshalls that is about 5 miles away and a no so great mall that is about 15 miles away but the nicer mall that has the GAP, BR, AT, J Crew etc is a good 25 miles away. I used to go there once a week before shopping friend moved away but nowadays it's probably 2-3 times a month. The good outlets are only slightly farther away at about 30 miles away (and the beach only a couple of miles further and we went at least once a week this summer!). I think I'd be in trouble if all of these places were closer!!</p> <p>Argh, Becky, yes, I can see why you are an online shopper. Holy Cow! I should probably do more online shopping too when I think about how much I spend just to get to the mall!! With fuel at nearly $3 a gallon and my gas mileage at around 22 mpg (Audi A4), I'm spending nearly $10 just to get to the mall!! Yikes!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230355 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:03:57 +0000 Tanya 230355@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am currently doing the SYC so no shopping. I also do not drive but take the public transport. The closet nice mall is 15 min bus ride away, while the closest shopping area with bunch of stores is one metro stop the other way. SO fairly close, but still not on my daily commute route, which is actually good for me </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230352 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:59:01 +0000 Sparky 230352@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm a 20-25 minute drive to all my local malls and other stores. In fact, I'm about a 20-minute drive from EVERYTHING. Ah, the suburbs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230321 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:32:13 +0000 Becky 230321@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The closest mall that deserves the name is 180 miles away, one way. Takes about 3 hours to get there. I only make it there about 2-3 times a year. Doesn't have a Nordstrom, Macy's, BR, AT, or ATL. My *preferred* mall is 325 miles away, one way. Travel time is about 5-1/2 hours. I get to go there every couple of years. As you might imagine, much of my shopping is done online! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230317 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:27:30 +0000 Barbara 230317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shana, I live one mile from a fabulous shopping center and frequently stop by on the way home from work or stroll over there on a day off for shopping and lunch with friends.</p> <p>I live less than 10 miles away from THREE DIFFERENT MALLS! Scary, isn't it? </p> <p>I don't shop very often at malls, though. JCP, TJMaxx, Marshalls, SteinMart and Target get most of my business. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230311 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:22:33 +0000 Kristine 230311@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There's a mall about 3 miles away, but the stores aren't great (Boston Store, JCPenney). My favorite mall is about 5 miles. For Banana Republic and Calvin Klein outlet stores I'll travel about 20 miles each way. I only go to those once or twice a year though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230276 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:56:48 +0000 Isabel 230276@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The closest shopping areas are 10 miles away - but they are not very good. The better ones are about 60-70 miles ( one way ). I do most of my shopping online. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230263 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:33:41 +0000 biscuitsmom 230263@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a Kohls less than 5 minutes away and there was a big mall next to it, but that closed earlier this year. So now I have to drive about 20 minutes to a 2 level inside mall (Rosedale) or a huge sprawling mall that is not enclosed....once in a while (maybe every 4 months) we'll go to Mall Of America about 35 minutes away which is 4 levels, has over 500 shops, a amusement park and a beautiful aquarium area (underwater world) So temptation is too near! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230259 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:22:37 +0000 jen321 230259@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The closest mall to me is under 1 mile away! Yes I do go there too often!! My prefered mall is about 10 miles away. It is basically just a bigger mall with more stores in it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230255 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:18:54 +0000 Mamapicklejuice 230255@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>16 miles - approx. 1/2 hour trip each way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230254 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:16:58 +0000 MsMary 230254@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm super-lucky when it comes to shopping. I have a mall 3.5 miles away with Macy's, Nordstrom, Victoria's Secret, AT Loft, H&amp;M, and others.</p> <p>There's a Nordstrom Rack and Ross less than half a mile down the street.</p> <p>Marshall's is about a mile away.</p> <p>My favorite consignment store is halfway between home and work -- call it 2 miles.</p> <p>Ann Taylor and Talbots, and another Macy's, 4 miles.</p> <p>Another shopping area, including Gap, another Victoria's Secret, Banana Republic, 4.5 miles from home and about half a mile from work.</p> <p>Another mall, including yet another Macy's, DSW, Tommy Bahama, and several boutiques, is just one short block from work.</p> <p>ETA: Target is about a mile down the street, too!</p> <p>It's an embarrassment of riches! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230253 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:14:15 +0000 marianna 230253@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Currently I have a mall 3 miles away from me, and also 13 miles away. So I don't have to travel too far! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230249 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:09:49 +0000 Marigold 230249@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm lucky to live in a mall-crazed area and also very close to NYC, the closest malls are between 15-20 mins from me, driving, the good outlet malls - between 30-40 minutes. I don't go to the mall that often though - maybe once in 2 weeks? and usually hang out at the playground area LOL with my daughter, then zoom in an out a couple stores on the way out... Anticipate to go more often in winter when there's not much to do outside.<br /> Hmm, it's also relative, I used to commute to work driving 45 minutes (highways) each way every day for a year.. When I commuted by train, it took me over an hour each way...<br /> Driving close to an hour to get to the mall (provided it's a most-of the day trip) does not sound excessive to me... once a week or so.. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230246 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:08:10 +0000 Sarah 230246@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favorite shopping center is about 2 miles from my office, which is also en route to my house. Can we say DANGEROUS?? The only stores that center does NOT have that I wish it did were Nordstrom and Gap. Gap has a stand alone store 2 miles from my office though, and it isn't too far out of my way home.<br /> Nordstrom is in a mall that's about 9 miles away from my office, in the opposite direction of home. So from my house, that mall is 19 miles away.<br /> I only head down that way about once every 6-8 weeks on average. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230242 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:02:17 +0000 annagybe 230242@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If I'm going to downtown Seattle it's just over 4 miles. Often I'll just take the bus. If I'm going to Bellevue Square (big fancy suburban mall) or the Bravern (very upscale mall with a Neiman Marcus) it's about 12 miles. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-far-do-you-drive-to-your-bm-mallretail-center#post-230241 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:00:15 +0000 Mo 230241@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I live in the boonies whether living in FL or Tahoe - so unless you count one Ross that's 8 miles away in Tahoe, then the TJ Maxx's come next at 15 miles here and 38 miles in Tahoe. Otherwise it's over 70 miles to a proper mall in either location (Tampa here and Reno or Sacramento at home in Tahoe). No wonder I hunt online like a hound!</p> <p>ETA: I forgot to add that here in the south they have Beall's Outlet which can have good finds once in a while - it's only 2 miles away </p>