American living in UK says he notices 'major difference' when he goes shopping

Daily Mirror

6 hours ago

A man has left Brits in stitches after perusing a "mall", and expressing his shock at the things he found within it. He thinks all shopping centres are like this one
An American exploring the UK has called out his homeland for not having shopping centres like those in the UK, because he was mind-blown by one. TikToker @kjordyy, who visits different cities around the United Kingdom to rate them, was visiting the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent, and he captioned his video: "America...WHAT are we doing? British malls are genuinely insane".
He said that shopping centres in the UK "blow his mind" in comparison to back home, saying that it's "so much more than a shopping experience". "I don't think you truly understand the complexity of these malls," he gushed.
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He said that "first of all", at every shopping centre he'd been in, the architecture was "insane". He went outside, and noted that there was "a moat outside of the mall".
He shared that the shopping centre has over 280 shops, a cinema with 17 screens, an outdoor adventure park with a zipline and outdoor skydiving.
"Back home in the US, you just don't get that," he shared. "If I were a kid, I just wouldn't leave this place," he gushed, because there were so many things to do.
TikToker @kjordyy then decided that he was going to go skydiving, because you couldn't do that in a shopping centre in America.
But, when he went, he was told that he was "too heavy" for the skydiving and zip line, so he had to walk away from the activities.
He said: "Just the sheer fact that a mall has this, I'm impressed. I'm sad I've got too swole a body for them, but you know what, maybe next time".
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In the comments, somebody urged him to "go to the Trafford Centre" because it's impressive. "Especially the ship area with the restaurants," another penned.
Someone said that when they went to the Trafford Centre, it "blew their mind". Others reassured him that "Bluewater is not an accurate representation of UK 'malls'."
Another said: "Metrocentre used to have an indoor funfair including a rollercoaster!!! It's no longer there now". Some people said that the "internet is ruining shopping centre experiences" because "people are too lazy to go and walk round" these days, but others said that you can't beat going shopping in real life.
One woman asked: "Are malls shutting down over there the way they are here? Even our giant mall only has about two stores in it now".
"I mean my local one is all outside and has a cinema, like 20 shops and 6 restaurants, but there's better further away," somebody boasted.
Somebody in the UK said that their local shopping centre just contains "a Greggs, McDonald's and the absolute bare minimum of stores," assuring the TikToker that this is a one-off.