(sigh)
So retail sales are down, the credit markets have seized up, the unemployment rate rose, etc., etc. A recession, right? That's what the experts say, but you wouldn't have known it at Short Pump Towne Center in Richmond yesterday.
The parking lot at this huge shopping complex was full to overflowing; Crate and Barrel was packed; you could barely walk in the Godiva chocolate store; The Cheesecake Factory had an hour and fifteen minute wait for a table. None of these establishments are low-end, so there was plenty of money (or plastic) being bandied about.
Is this a great country, or what?
(sigh)
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