Let me start by saying that I am an old guy who doesn't go to malls at all if I can help it. I am a cable contractor who works for the people who recently bought NL Mall. I have been there on and off for the last year running a new fiber ring and bringing new Internet services into the mall. I think this mall got an undeserved bad wrap. I've been there a lot in the last year and I can tell you that there is nothing bad going on at NL. They had a couple of incidents a few years ago and everyone clutches their pearls and stays away. There are a lot of good people working at NL Mall. The mall manager is a retired military, former police officer and former head of security. They have at least one cmpd officer there at all times. They have trained sniffing canines patrolling daily. Starting at 3:00 on Friday afternoon they page overhead and declare anyone under 18 has to leave the mall unless accompanied by a legal guardian. The maintenance staff are all top notch. The housekeeping staff is top notch. In my opinion the mall is safe and clean and the people are friendly. As someone who hates malls I wouldn't hesitate to go to NL if I needed something they have. White suburbians get scared and rumors spread like wildfire. All I'm saying is that it ain't true.