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As usual, you're the only one who is "cherry picking". The title of the thread and the article clearly state its concerning the addition of "retail jobs since 2006". Which by the way, means we've gained during the recession.
You don't know this. The way that statistic is calculated, the entire growth could have been between 2006-2008 and has been falling every since. They didn't provide the raw numbers.
As usual, you're the only one who is "cherry picking". The title of the thread and the article clearly state its concerning the addition of "retail jobs since 2006". Which by the way, means we've gained during the recession.
You don't know this. The way that statistic is calculated, the entire growth could have been between 2006-2008 before the recession started, and has been dropping ever since.
You don't know this. The way that statistic is calculated, the entire growth could have been between 2006-2008 and has been falling every since. They didn't provide the raw numbers.
The numbers are, what they are. I spoke about posters and credibility issues in another thread. Unfortunately it’s hard for posters to take someone serious when all they ever offer to discussions is hyperbole and conjecture. "Charlotte's among few markets to add retail jobs since 2006"...that is all.
The nation has been losing jobs since at least 2007. I remember jobs numbers looking terrible in the 12-18 months preceding the big market drop in 2008. I don't remember the local figures so much, as my concerns on subject matter like this tends to be a little more nationalistic.
Either way even holding *close* to even under conditions like that is something GOOD for Charlotte... There are issues bigger than Charlotte driving consumer spending habits, and that's a national issue.
Does not matter what the "census" categorizes the jobs as neither can sustain an economy.
Where, exactly, is anyone arguing that retail jobs sustain an economy? I see some indication that they can be signals of a healthy economy, but I don't see anyone trying to lead us into the brave new world on the back of shoe salesmen.
That CBJ article did not say that retail was rising in Charlotte. In fact it said it had fallen in the last 12 months and Charlotte was now 87th on the list of 100. Hence no healthy economy. Chromekitty is proven correct.
That CBJ article did not say that retail was rising in Charlotte. In fact it said it had fallen in the last 12 months and Charlotte was now 87th on the list of 100. Hence no healthy economy. Chromekitty is proven correct.
Son, you have reached what I would term an affirmative conclusion from a negative premise. Logic 101, and you would fail my class.
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