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We are seeing a bit of the same here, but a lot of it is due to the reverse  
migration we
are experiencing. Our county lost 3500 students from last year at this time  
a a big
chunk of that loss is families moving back across the border since  
construction in Atlanta
has slowed to a crawl. 200 teacher and 300 staff layoffs were announced  
yesterday. Food 
prices are creeping up and I have also noticed the sale flyers are less  than 
impressive. I 
am not surprised by your video store closing though, that is a national  
trend. With the 
mail out services and downloads you can buy, the brick and morter stores  are 
closing. The last
time I looked you could buy 2 shares of Blockbuster stock for a bit less  
than the cost of renting
1 movie.
 
Drew
 
 
In a message dated 3/3/2009 7:58:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com writes:

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.

We have two supermarkets here, and  they are in a price war. There have been 
some layoffs at Trucklite, which  supplies the auto industry, but on the 
other hand, they are revamping the  little local 'mall' that had been mostly 
shut down for years. They've  expanded it (added 2 new stores)...Citifinance 
moved into one store, and  something I've never heard of, but sounds like a 
non-profit group moved  into the other. Still a lot of empty space in that 
mall, though...even the  video store closed.


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