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| - I've lived in Richmond Hill long enough to remember when Hillcrest was even more ghetto than it currently is - ya THAT long ago! That's not to say that there hasn't been some improvements over the years but let's just call a spade a spade, this is the last place anyone wants to come shopping given the other options in York Region.
I mean you know a mall is bad when teenagers aren't even darkening it's entrances with their obnoxious noises, odors and awkward smoking habits. And you know, aesthetically it's not an ugly mall, it's open, lots of room, clean... it's just so damn boring.
It's so typical, plain, ordinary, etc that you can basically guess which stores are there without ever stepping foot in there. As for anchor stores, they have Sport Chek, the recently opened Target and not one but TWO Bay stores. No one else wants to put their flag in here.
The food court was redone years ago but even that is relatively standard in it's offerings.
The entire mall is in a figure-8 shape and on a good day you can walk the entire thing in 10 minutes end to end and back again.
On a plus side, there is NEVER a shortage of parking (mostly because no one really goes here). It's a huge wasted swatch of land in the midst of Richmond Hill that would be better used to build up the city. I should have more hometown pride... but I don't, I've never once said "Oh you know where you can probably find that...." and then said Hillcrest Mall, it's too embarassing.
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