Malls and Churches??

Beginning to read John Fiske "Shopping for pleasure: Malls, Power, and Resistence" I was very confused why he was talking about churches and comparing them to malls. I started understanding what I was reading toward the end of the story. I do not see anything wrong with kids just going to the mall to just hangout with their friends and escape from their homes. From my own experience I would do the same. I would go to the mall just to hangout with my friends and just go in stores and look and leave. If i had any money with me I would use it to buy food never to buy anything in a clothing store, electronic store, etc. Saying kids go to malls to start trouble or to get drunk is crazy. My mall is a place where you would never see anyone ever drunk or starting a riot. But i am only able to compare my mall with the story other malls across the nation are completely different from mine. I think the story was a complete waste of time. Kids today don't have any place to go and feel safe and hang out with their friends without getting into trouble by the police just by loitering. I just didn't like the story overrall.