Economic collapse? What To Do? (old)

[Texas User]

USA is already out of a Recession. 6 straight quarters of GDP growth.

[Grandpa Pipes]

Originally Posted by Texas User

USA is already out of a Recession. 6 straight quarters of GDP growth.

Oh really? IMO someone has cooked the books to keep the lie alive.

[Texas User]

Originally Posted by Tightwad

Oh really? IMO someone has cooked the books to keep the lie alive.

Thanks to Obama's stimilus package.

[Grandpa Pipes]

Originally Posted by Texas User

Thanks to Obama's stimilus package.

There, there now. It'll be alright.

[tijlover]

Auction Hawaii & Alaska to the highest bidders, economic collapse averted, all's well with the world again!

Next economic collapse? Well, there goes Washington and Oregon!

[Galagaone]

Originally Posted by jtur88

Mexico's climate requires neither heating nor air conditioning. .

There must be another mexico that I don't know about.. No AC needed in Mexico?

[Galagaone]

Originally Posted by Texas User

USA is already out of a Recession. 6 straight quarters of GDP growth.

Sure it is. They're cooking the books ala madoff.

[tijlover]

Originally Posted by Galagaone

There must be another mexico that I don't know about.. No AC needed in Mexico?

Not only AC, but a heater as well in many parts of Mexico. Remember the effect of altitude. Mexico City, Durango, Zacatecas, Lake Chapala, and even in Oaxaca in the depth of winter can be iffy.

[jtur88]

Originally Posted by tijlover

Not only AC, but a heater as well in many parts of Mexico. Remember the effect of altitude. Mexico City, Durango, Zacatecas, Lake Chapala, and even in Oaxaca in the depth of winter can be iffy.

The great majority of people in Mexico live in houses that have neither heating nor air conditioning. Yes, rich Mexicans have it, and as a spoiled American, you would demand it, but you wouldn't need it. Everywhere, it warms up in the daytime, so no big deal if it goes down to the 40s at night. I've never slept in a hotel room in Mexico that had AC, even in the Yucatan or the Pacific coast, or the Rio Grande valley.

Americans build a heating/cooling system and then design a house around it that depends on it, but that is not the architectural philosophy in Mexico.

There is a difference between being "essential" and "iffy". I agree, Durango and the highland places north of there up to Chihuahua, houses need some kind of stove or space heater. Such cold extremes would be easy to avoid by the American refugee seeking survival in Mexico.

[Texas User]

USA is still economic superpower.