When I was younger I remember that there were at least 4 movie theaters within walking distance. Slowly, each of them became replaced by another silly store such as a clothes or dollar store. Even 5 or 10 years ago, there seemed to be way more movie theaters than there are today.
Moreover, today's theaters have strange tactics like assigned seats, which are a bit odd. When my friend had an extra ticket for the Tupac movie, we got in trouble for having a ticket that was on a different day, which is weird.
It seems that movie theaters are either disappearing or consolidating. The tickets are now almost unaffordable. Back in the day my mother used to bring roast chicken into the theater and walk from room to room all day to catch all the movies on one ticket. This is strange, because it seems like movie fandom has really risen and it's so much more of a "thing" than it used to be.
When I was younger, people still listened to music that was age appropriate. Today I don't think young people are even music fans, outside of the 10 year olds I heard singing about percocet inside Checkers. I actually saw people wearing matching Avengers T shirts to go see the Avengers, like fans going to a rock concert. People started buying dolls of this stuff like they're 12 years old or something.
This is the Ward Theater. It has now become "Rainbow", which is a mildly expensive clothing store combined with street vendors that sell Native American wristbands and purses. My friend saw every kung fu movie in that theater in the 70s.
