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That escalator at the Meridian Mall in Ohio made a sound I'll never forget

I was at the Meridian Mall outside Columbus last summer, the one that closed in 2019. The escalator was still running but every step made this grinding, metal-on-metal screech that echoed through the whole empty food court. I stood there for a good 10 minutes just watching it go, wondering why nobody ever turned it off. Has anyone else run into weird stuff left running in dead malls?
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laura_knight54
That grinding escalator is just one more piece of our world left running long after anyone cared, isn't it?
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valgibson
valgibson25d agoMost Upvoted
Left running long after anyone cared" sounds like a solid investment to me, @laura_knight54, saves money replacing it.
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