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historywhiz63 t1_ja5g2tc wrote

Grew up in the town next to PI (Fort Fairfield) and I watched this mall die. It makes me so sad, my friends and I used to love going on mall dates here. Still go back every Christmas just to get Chopsticks, the Chinese place in the food court. Knew it would happen eventually, but what a shame.

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sicilianrogue t1_ja5ialy wrote

I grew up in the Caribou area, and worked in Fort for a while, so I spent a lot of time there. Last time I was there visiting, I stopped in and it was so empty, but good old Chopsticks was hanging on strong.

Remember when there was a Houlton Farms and a Tim's in the food court??

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omg_choosealready t1_ja5nhvh wrote

Was it a Houlton Farms? I think it was a Dairy Queen.

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sicilianrogue t1_ja5nt55 wrote

I remember a Houlton Farms distinctly, but that doesn't mean they didn't fill a vacated DQ spot. That was a long long time ago, in a land far far away. XD

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historywhiz63 t1_ja5nzno wrote

It was actually an Orange Julius before it was a Houston Farms :)

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AthenianThief OP t1_ja5r9a6 wrote

Username checks out.

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ruralgaming t1_ja6wa7p wrote

There was also a Sbarro's Pizza there incredibly briefly... A B. Dalton's bookstore and a KB Toy's.

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onzie9 t1_ja8av6y wrote

People are actually from fort Fairfield? I grew up in caribou and fort Fairfield was like another planet. I'm pretty sure i never knew anyone from there.

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historywhiz63 t1_ja8ef90 wrote

I wish I wasn’t from there. I call it fort dumpfield lol

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onzie9 t1_ja8fyvi wrote

Oh, don't feel so bad, it had some good things. There was .... that fort. And it had a store. And like... a bank?

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