tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238334303896322291.post4333675991115745566..comments2023-03-28T23:06:47.111-05:00Comments on Life After The Porch: EconomyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238334303896322291.post-64021864266839338122009-03-04T12:38:00.000-06:002009-03-04T12:38:00.000-06:00I'm kind of stuck on the idea of too many homes. ...I'm kind of stuck on the idea of too many homes. Yes, there are too many compared to those who are in the market to buy. There are developements out by me that were started and are now overgrown with weed. There are tons of foreclosures all across this country. So many homes sitting vacant and yet at the same time, we don't have enough shelters to house the homeless. There's just something very wrong with this.Lori1955https://www.blogger.com/profile/13577511412878343491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238334303896322291.post-6602390616314048392009-03-04T10:30:00.000-06:002009-03-04T10:30:00.000-06:00I am not pessimistic at all about either the futur...I am not pessimistic at all about either the future or our kind of capitalism.<BR/><BR/>I do believe that this is a permanent change and we are beginning a new cycle that is just as revolutionary as the one that began with the baby boomers. <BR/><BR/>Different geographical areas will be affected in different ways so it kind of depends on where one is located I think.<BR/><BR/>But I think we will see the return of smaller establishments that are not so dependent upon big volume for profit. Now the kind of stores and services will be tempered by technology. <BR/><BR/>For instance I think the big volume car dealers will likely be replaced by something quite different that will provide a more personal but technological experience.<BR/><BR/>I think perhaps Kohls and the new Penney's concepts with smaller stores more convenient to shoppers was the beginning of the trend.<BR/><BR/>Just this week I went to a small gelato store that a young married couple opened. They make gelato in small batches and they wait on you themselves. But it is very small. I think that could be a forerunner of things to come.<BR/><BR/>Whatever I think our children and grandchildren will adapt just fine as did we.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238334303896322291.post-48998430987019951792009-03-04T08:39:00.000-06:002009-03-04T08:39:00.000-06:00Friends of ours from Sweden who visited a few year...Friends of ours from Sweden who visited a few years back talked of how much we have of everything. They were blown away by choices in a grocery store, the amount and variation of cars, choices of restaurants, etc. You may have something with your theory.<BR/><BR/>The problem I have is the inability to change. The older I get, the more set in my ways I become. If I am to thrive in this new economy, I will have to learn to change. Ugh.~Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16022026685666792412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238334303896322291.post-64918302883489193172009-03-04T07:14:00.000-06:002009-03-04T07:14:00.000-06:00Terry, imagine the future for our kids and grandki...Terry, imagine the future for our kids and grandkids: Lower paying jobs, and a LOT fewer of them, little in line of benefits. No medical (unless big changes are made). Little or no retirement. Every one will work till they die, but there won't be enough jobs to go around. <BR/>I am glad to be retired, but I am not sure that is much consolation.<BR/>And I agree, we have had excess of everything, and that is almost world wide, even if the scale is different.davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16892743512007755223noreply@blogger.com