I had never heard of A&F until I went to college in Baltimore. It was a shock to see that it had it's own little culture. Yeah, to this day I have still never set foot in that store. I did Gap it up when I was in highschool though. But since then I have not visited any of those stores.
Everytime I walk by A&F in the mall they are blasting some terrible music and there are numerous almost-naked dude pics in the entrance.