A buddy of mine went through this exact thing two years back and swore he was done with Bay Village on the 4th. He ended up parking in some dentist's lot on Dover and the guy came out yelling at him halfway through the show. Turned out the dentist was also at the fireworks so he just stood there yelling at an empty car. Now my friend just parks at the shopping center on Detroit and walks the half mile, takes like ten minutes and zero stress. The empty driveway thing kills me though, people treat the whole neighborhood like a museum instead of knocking and asking. Worst case someone says no and you move on.

Basically a parade" from Sal is worth more than any trophy, but three hogs just to stop nicking the eye muscle sounds like my marriage.

Man, hate to say it but 2019 was not the last time anyone walked that mall. Chesterfield didn't actually close until 2022, so you and your buddy were poking around a place that still had a few stores and mall walkers in it. I get the confusion though, parts of that place felt dead way before it really died. The food court had been a ghost town since like 2015. So yeah, scary, but not quite as abandoned as you thought. Still a solid story, just wanted to set the record straight.