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Its called the Mayan economy. Run up charges on your credit cards knowing you wont have to pay them off come December 21st
How is this any different from "the good times" of the years past? If anything, I expect fewer people to be spending on credit cards, unless banks are lending irresponsibly again as they did in what made for great economic times?
Yesterday I had the rare occasion of having a day off and I decided to venture into Branson to view the tornado damage as well as stop at the "Tanger Mall" to see if I could find a new bra.
I was pretty astounded to discover that the parking lot was just packed with shoppers. I had to go around three times before I could find a parking space. The sidewalks in front of each store were full and most of the shoppers were carrying at least two or three bags from the stores.
I went into three separate stores and in each case they were full of people shopping. When I did finally find an item to purchase I had to wait in line to buy it (with three registers open), and there were 6 people in front of me. While I was waiting I observed the totals on the cash registers and in most cases the purchases were between $100 - $200, with a few exceptions.
The busiest store was the "Under Armour" store where the line to the cash register appeared to be approximately 15 - 20 people long.
I noticed also, while tooling around the parking lot that most of the cars and SUVs appear to be quite new. Certainly, there were very few (if any) that were more than 10 years old.
It appears, that the media reports of the "bad economy" are exaggerated. People are still out there shopping. Women are still paying $50+ to get their nails done and $100+ to get their hair highlighted and cut. People are buying new houses and new cars.
What am I missing here?
20yrsinBranson
As you well know, Branson is a tourist destination. You likely don't go to Branson unless you're a tourist. Tourists don't tour unless they have money. Branson is not "any old city in America"....reach out to other cities and you may well find a different result
Its called the Mayan economy. Run up charges on your credit cards knowing you wont have to pay them off come December 21st
Never mind. Not 5 minutes after writing that, there is a news story that a new Mayan calender was found and that the world will go on another 6000 years.
STOP SPENDING WHAT YOU DONT HAVE PEOPLE.....THE OLD PROPHECY WAS WRONG!!!!!!!!!
Yesterday I had the rare occasion of having a day off and I decided to venture into Branson to view the tornado damage as well as stop at the "Tanger Mall" to see if I could find a new bra.
I was pretty astounded to discover that the parking lot was just packed with shoppers. I had to go around three times before I could find a parking space. The sidewalks in front of each store were full and most of the shoppers were carrying at least two or three bags from the stores.
I went into three separate stores and in each case they were full of people shopping. When I did finally find an item to purchase I had to wait in line to buy it (with three registers open), and there were 6 people in front of me. While I was waiting I observed the totals on the cash registers and in most cases the purchases were between $100 - $200, with a few exceptions.
The busiest store was the "Under Armour" store where the line to the cash register appeared to be approximately 15 - 20 people long.
I noticed also, while tooling around the parking lot that most of the cars and SUVs appear to be quite new. Certainly, there were very few (if any) that were more than 10 years old.
It appears, that the media reports of the "bad economy" are exaggerated. People are still out there shopping. Women are still paying $50+ to get their nails done and $100+ to get their hair highlighted and cut. People are buying new houses and new cars.
What am I missing here?
20yrsinBranson
First off, Branson is a TOURIST town, which means TOURISTS with money go there.
Secondly, not all areas are like that. I know for a fact this area has taken BAD hits, and we are still in pretty bad shape.
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Yesterday I had the rare occasion of having a day off and I decided to venture into Branson to view the tornado damage as well as stop at the "Tanger Mall" to see if I could find a new bra.
I was pretty astounded to discover that the parking lot was just packed with shoppers. I had to go around three times before I could find a parking space. The sidewalks in front of each store were full and most of the shoppers were carrying at least two or three bags from the stores.
I went into three separate stores and in each case they were full of people shopping. When I did finally find an item to purchase I had to wait in line to buy it (with three registers open), and there were 6 people in front of me. While I was waiting I observed the totals on the cash registers and in most cases the purchases were between $100 - $200, with a few exceptions.
The busiest store was the "Under Armour" store where the line to the cash register appeared to be approximately 15 - 20 people long.
I noticed also, while tooling around the parking lot that most of the cars and SUVs appear to be quite new. Certainly, there were very few (if any) that were more than 10 years old.
It appears, that the media reports of the "bad economy" are exaggerated. People are still out there shopping. Women are still paying $50+ to get their nails done and $100+ to get their hair highlighted and cut. People are buying new houses and new cars.
What am I missing here?
20yrsinBranson
sounds like the uper middle class doing their usual shopping!!! but after obamanator is done with em, they wont have no money for big suv's and 50 dollar bras..
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