Supposedly the largest outdoor shopping mall in North America, and I can believe it. The only problem is the traffic getting into the place is horrendous, and it's difficult and confusing to find your way around once you get in. There's also no way of finding out what stores are here because there's no directory signs or anyplace you can go to get information or directions. I've lived in the area for 11 years now, and there's parts of this place I still haven't visited. To get to most of the areas you travel on wide, well lit streets, but once you get off those looking for a particular store you're faced with poorly lit, narrow roads that sometimes have no pavement markings or road signs. More than once I've narrowly avoided a collision with another vehicle because the intersection we were both coming up to had no actual stop signs, just a line on the pavement that was mostly worn off. Coming here after dusk is downright creepy, especially if the place you're looking for is off the main drag. You frequently find yourself driving down one lane alleyways, behind stores and shops, passing dumpsters and delivery areas. Some of these areas just get my nerves jangling. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, lived and worked there most of my life, driving ambulances in some of the worst areas and some of these back areas of the mall that you have to drive into or through to get where you're going give me that same "vibe". That feeling that you need to watch over your shoulder. Not really conducive to the friendly shopping experience you'd expect. For the most part I try to avoid coming here anymore, but sometimes there's no choice and I have to come here to get what I need. UPDATE: 5/30/19 VDOT recently upgraded the traffic lanes coming into this place and all I can say is the old traffic pattern was a lot better.