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Originally Posted by halfpint
How bad is the financial situation really over there. We hear and see all of this on the news but what is it really like. Are people really cutting back on spending. Is the situation really as bad as what they are saying.
From my point of view living in the UK and dealing with people from all walks of life every day, there is def a tighting of peoples spending habits and over the last few months it seems to be getting worse. Im in the recruitment game and we are seeing a huge cancellation rate compared to 8 months ago. When we send out a questionare as to why they canceled. 99% of them say they can no longer afford the membership or have lost thier job. In one area we saw a drop rate from 16000 members down to just over 9000 which is unprecidated in my line of work.
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I'm in NYC/NY, so any recession always hits us last, if at all. More rich people moving into the city, those who could afford to move out did so long ago, many holding on to mortgages/rents since they can't sell/rent for a profit. But it's Manhattan so it's still the center of the Universe (sorry folks, but it is) so you have to kind of look under the surface to see the middle class people who live here barely hanging on. But you see it; less shopping at the grocery store, Korean green markets complaining, lots of empty taxis....less locals hanging out at the street cafes (tho tourists still pack 'em, you can always tell)...stores that have been around for YEARS closing all the time (and people WEEPING, literally, on the telly: "Why did they have to raise the rent on H&H Bagels from $1200 per month, as it had been for thirty years, to $24,000?" The store sits empty now...)
Outside of the NYC area? Fucking scary. Millions out of work, everyone fighting with each other over nonsense while the rich laugh and get richer, the poor doing their work for them (killing each other)...
Meanwhile, I try to sell porn and save my nickels.
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Originally Posted by L-Pink
One of my neighbors has ripped out the extensive landscaping nest to his house and is growing his own pot. Much to the anguish of our home owners association. But, a penny saved ..... (can you grow cocoa plants in Florida, just curious)
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Can I live where you live, pretty please? Preferably somewhere close to this neighbor of yours...:D