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| - I try to avoid it at all costs, unless an emergency of Wal-Mart sized proportions happens, I am generally successful in this. Unfortunately enough, Dufferin Mall has the reputation among people I know as being the place that induces panic attacks in even the calmest individuals.
Sure, there are some retail stores which are otherwise absent from the west side, and sure, sometimes a person just needs to eat Cinnabon and look at shiny stuff to buy. But the people who spend time here as a pleasurable activity are either teenagers or brain damaged, because this is one of the least pleasant places to be ANY time of year, let alone the holidays.
The depressingly necessary stops include Dollarama (where else can you get garbage bags and j-cloths for a buck?), Wal-Mart (where, really, there is never a line less than four billion people), No Frills. Places to avoid are any chains done better elsewhere - H&M, Winners, Payless, etc. A bright spot in a dark place is also the concentration of two plus-size women's clothing stores, Penningtons and Voluptuous, as well as a Reitmans that includes a plus section.
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