[Homestead] ???
bobf
bobford79 at yahoo.com
Tue Mar 3 08:58:47 EST 2009
I'm seeing everything cheaper, except groceries. Now, Phoenix has always had cheap groceries , especially for such a largwe city. But the cause was strictly competition. We have, for years had more grocery stores , and grocery store chains competing against each other than any other large metro area in the country.
A couple of the chains have fallen or consolidated already, and I expect more of that with this recession. I think the stores are aware and are simply not competing at a level they did before.
Labor has lost more value than anything, even real-estate -- which is a bloodbath in most of the Phoenix metro area. But, the owners and banks are letting the real estate prices, yet, fall to where they should, in many parts of the city; because of the promise and speculation on more governmental involvement. The value of labor has been decimated.
I know many people who are enjoying really good deals on quality items right now. But, I have this itching worry about that straw that breaks the camel's back. The wrong kind of missle from the wrong source hitting Tel A viv; A large important faction decing to take on the USD, as the wotrld reserve. I mean, look what started WWI, was Ferdinand really so imporatnt a man, or just that last straw.
But, I try to focus on my tasks at hand and not allow my macro worries to overvome my simpler pleasures like watching my garden grow.
p.s. I'll put this link, because, if you read the entire page, I think think is a synopis of one of the more worrisome realities right now, and it is receiving scant coverage in the U.S. MSM. I'm not posting the article because most people are not going to be interetsed, but maybe you or someone will............
http://www.investorsinsight.com/blogs/john_mauldins_outside_the_box/archive/2009/03/02/europe-on-the-ropes.aspx
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--- On Tue, 3/3/09, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I wonder what other people are seeing. I suspect that the places that had the biggest 'bubbles' are the ones doing the worst now. We never had any kind of bubble, and have been in a recession for years, so
a recession in the larger world is barely noticed here.
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