How's it going in your area?

Store closings? Job Losses? We have had several shut their doors here.....& one of our clothing stores "Goodys" is also going out of business. It is getting scary....times really are bad right now....I have noticed just in the last two weeks that a grocery store hubby & I frequent....have raised their prices like 20%.......OMG....I bought just a few items tonight & it cost me around sixty dollars....& that was getting items that where marked down......geez.....going to grow my own food.

Dirt Chic wrote:

Store closings? Job Losses? We have had several shut their doors here.....& one of our clothing stores "Goodys" is also going out of business. It is getting scary....times really are bad right now....I have noticed just in the last two weeks that a grocery store hubby & I frequent....have raised their prices like 20%.......OMG....I bought just a few items tonight & it cost me around sixty dollars....& that was getting items that where marked down......geez.....going to grow my own food.

I have not noticed

Goodys is closing all of there stores I have one about 2 miles from me that is going out and Shakers an upscale restaurant announced today it is closing it's just over a mile from me.I would hate to have alot of debit right now

My debt is going down slowly, but trying to pay extra when I can....that way if worse came to worse I will not have to worry about my credit being ruined.

Dirt Chic wrote:

My debt is going down slowly, but trying to pay extra when I can....that way if worse came to worse I will not have to worry about my credit being ruined.

Good idea All I owe on is my house and I hope it never gets so bad I have to start selling my toys or truck but atleast i have that option to get some cash flow if needed.I'm just glad tax season is just about here and I should get a good return which will help out and I'm sure most people with kids at home will be glad too.

Goody's here in Jasper is also closing

around here it is not to bad as far as local goes everyone is allready poor. theres no big stores near me. all over 30+mins. and no sign of my job or monicas job slowing down.

Just found out my nephew is losing his job in Lancaster, PA. He is an estimator for a large commercial construction firm, and new business is nonexistant. Lancaster is a very busy and growing area too. I have never in my lifetime seen an economic collapse this deep and this quick. Now they are saying that the recovery may come back too strong when it does , and runaway inflation may occur. This is one we will remember for a long time. As with all the other recessions i've seen in my time, thank oil for it. Does it every time.

wvyankee2 wrote:

thank oil for it. Does it every time.

Congress is real quiet about oil. Hoping America will forget and they are probably right until next time

gas went up 20cents in the pasted to days here :evil:

bush-rhino wrote:

gas went up 20cents in the pasted to days here :evil:

About the same here

same here on gas...went from $1.69, to $1.89 - $1.99 in some places.

Gas here still $1.68 as of last night......
I filled the Yukon up for the trip. cause i figured it would go up
before next week....

I have seen it creep back up here as well....$2.78 right now....of course I am tickled its still under $2.00.....I love filling up for around $22.00....thats awesome...better than $50 plus dollars. I wish the price of food would come down....you would think with the lower prices....

Same here in Indiana, gas up 20 cents,,job loss way up,,,,,just gets my goat that Americans can't come together and get the changes we need. I guess the old saying is true...sometimes you have to hit rock bottom....Too many rich around here to get them to come together and fight for what is right, they think it will be ok....we will see

Do you all think this year will be better or get a lot worse? Maybe Obama can get some things changed, hope he does the right thing.

Well , it ant looking good so far....