re: #314 sattv4u2

yeah, because there aren’t any abandoned storefronts in downtown Denver,,, or Atlanta,, or Boston,, or ,,,,,

And also essentially the signs of an economy and on-going spiral that are crushing small businesses. Noticable where it is concentrated at malls and mid-sized cities, but if you get out in rural areas along US routes that normally have lots of small businesses you can see lots of them closed up there as well.

NPR had an article the other day on how the summer business has not been that good for the NJ shore despite their getting a lot of things repaired. People are putting off taking vacations and renting beach houses, cutting back on non-essential spending, etc. Which is logical if your living and spending are edging closer and closer to day-to-day.

And these places are not where the rich go to spend their bonuses. It’s where the middle class goes with their children. And their income has been stagnant or decreasing for the last 20 years.