If you were a teenager in the 90s or early 2000s, in the suburbs of

Eastern Pennsylvania, the Berkshire Mall was the place to be, even famed the local

Taylor Swift shop there in middle school. And during the holidays, the place was so

popular it could cause 40-minute traffic jams from people just trying to get in and out of the parking lot.

As a kid I think everybody went to the Berkshire Mall. That's Michelle Bear.

Bear is a native of the area and the borough manager for the local government there.

It was the hot spot. It was a place to go and you know hang out do what teenagers do.

I remember you know a group of two or three of my friends,

hey, my mom will drop us off if your mom will come and pick us up.

It was a way to flirt a little bit with boys that were kind of outside of our realm.

But these days the mall is a shadow of what it used to be.

How would you describe the state of them all now?

Delapidated, deteriorated, sad, depressing.

I mean, compared to its heyday it's got maybe 10% of the foot traffic and

vehicle traffic. The parking lots predominantly empty and a sinkhole? Which one? There's more than one? There's multiple.

Today, the Berkshire Mall's parking lot has five sinkholes. One so massive you can see the water main underneath it.

And that's not all that's wrong with it.

There's damaged electrical components.

There's pest control needed due to cockroaches and mice. There's roof leaks, there's water

damage, there's holes and ceiling tiles, and the kicker is there was raw sewage, including

human excrement flowing onto a public sidewalk at the main

entrance to the ball. Yeah your face says it all. I'm speechless. The current owners of the Berkshire Mall consider it one of

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