What's the economy like where you're at because here in CA where I am it seems

it feels like a mirage.

For *us* we are working more hours than in March--but not sure how long that will last.

More money coming in, but prices rise.

There is a feeling of wariness. Agriculture (big and little) are big in my area, and I'm busy with my garden and fruit trees and can't worry too much about anything else.

It feels like the calm before the storm.

We are spending less money on necessities. Trying to find ways around spending money on necessities. Don't buy anything if it isn't a necessity. But we find that fewer things are necessary.

I'm east of Sacramento. Businesses are failing but many are still doing well. This is a relatively wealthy area, but I'm convinced that the economy is still functioning because people are living off of their IRAs. People are eating their seed-grain and as those IRAs continue to disappear so will economy.

I go door-to-door and sell Ron Paul books on the weekends. I talk to a lot of people. My county is considered one of the most conservative in the state, and it's flooded with liberals. It's amazing talking to people. They are almost either liberals who want to destroy the free market, or it's apathetic conservatives, or it's just plain stupid people that don't have a clue about anything. They are the majority.

In my opinion, California is a dying state. The people are hopelessly brainwashed and dumbed-down. I am hoping to move to New Hampshire for the Free State Project by early next year. When the shit hits the fan, California is going to eat itself alive.

In post America there will be conservative states and liberal states. There needs to be at least one libertarian state, and I am hoping it is New Hampshire. If you're looking to leave California, please consider New Hampshire.

If enough slackers leave, perhaps it will get better for those of us who stick it out... of course if most of those who leave take productive businesses with them... yikes.

Im in Minnesota, i dont see it that much but its here. The malls are busy, the grocery stores are packed. The real estate market is still declining. Its so hard to know how this will play out, will it totally collapse or slowly get worse and worse and choke people out?

I got out of Ca. while the getting was good,There are 5000 a month getting out.

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90/10 Principle
10% of life is made up of what happens to you.
90% of life is decided by how you respond
-- Stephen Covey

Take back the farm lands! Grow food and party and grow a local community the way you want it!
Don't let these sycophants stop you from anything! Risk approaching the fine, the penalty, regulation, the licensing . . . and find out how to make it happen for you. As you expose, expose, expose, you will uncover opportunities for yourself.

Demonstrate what it is to live without or with small government, and jump in the mix.

We've got fabulous food distribution networks througout California, and if the yogurt hits the fan, us pagan's loves to farm and party.
The shamans are popular out here too. But always be sovereign. (helps keep your sanity, and eventually, it'll guide you to the treasures)

Anyway, the pagan ways of California mixed in with the facist and sycophants are a giant "Woodstock" of sorts.
The archives of the Daily Paul has great information to build on.
Help California become a leader in freedom and liberty!
It's an amazingly diversivied state, to say the least.

Can't say for everyone. I live in a heavily immigrant neighborhood. Many are legal, some are illegal. I feel very sorry for them, because they are every bit as much victims of the state as anyone else. Excess government has killed the economy.

My landlord is behind on her mortgage. She partially depends on the rent I pay her to pay that, and while I was unemployed for a while recently, I fell three months behind on the rent. She didn't kick me out because it wouldn't have done any good, as two of the four units she owned were unoccupied. Anyway I am working now as a software engineer with a contract until the end of the year. After that, who knows what will happen.

Local restaurants are really hurting. One of the first things to go when families have to cut back is dining out and other entertainment. There is a feeling of unease in the air, as if something dreadful will happen soon. I am not too worried because I believe everything that happens in life has a purpose, even painful experiences. God has gotten me through tougher times. Just when despair seems to be winning something good will happen and save the day.

I have noticed prices edging up. I think the FED's chickens are finally coming home to roost.

We have to remain level headed and calm. One good thing is that now many, many people know more about what is happening and what is causing it. I am hopeful that we are getting ready for the "perfect storm" which will bring on a revolution for liberty.

by the Minnesota and Wisconsin borders - seems pretty insulated from all the financial turmoil. County just laid brand new roads along the river, summer tourism is picking up along the Mississippi River towns, houses are still selling - there never really was a housing bubble here, so the prices have not collapsed. I don't know of anyone losing their home, all my contractor friends still have construction work, gas prices are reasonable. Some friends who work for the Iowa University system and larger hospitals are afraid of the talk of layoffs, but none have happened yet. Larger companies are doing some inner restructuring of staff with some layoffs, but so far, everyone I know has been able to find work elsewhere.

I spent the weekend at the Seed Savers Exchange getting heirloom seedlings for my garden this year. The place was packed. Everyone's talking gardens. Lots of small Amish communities here, so no shortage of food availability. Most people I know are pretty are self-reliant - growing food, hunting, making it themselves. Some small retailers are going out of business, but for every one that has closed, a new one has opened. I have not seen any larger big-box stores going out of business in the larger towns - malls are still busy.

People talk about the economy, but none I know have been directly hit yet. Saw my chiropractor today - talked of the bailouts and the inevitable hyper-inflation - he says he just laid down his barley field and is building a new chicken pen. Seems like folks around here have some sense of uncertainty, but there's no real signs of breakdown at this point.

We moved to this area two years ago - bought land and are having a log cabin built by the local Amish. Lots of fertile land, water, local folks who have real skills and a strong sense of community.

If they dont have money, they cut back, period. It is our government, make them cut back and get rid of property tax and let everything be done by private citizens and get government back doing what they are suppose to do. Stop letting government PUSH us, we own them.

Yesterday, I went to pick up groceries. I hardly ever go, I buy bulk and grow our own food so I wind up needing to go to the store about once a month. It gives me an unusual perspective. I don't see prices creep up a few pennies a day, I see the end result. The price of apples has nearly doubled in two months, It is the time of year when produce ought to be going DOWN, the local growers re starting to get early crops in. Instead, things are skyrocketing. It was so bad, even a shleeple was commenting. A mother was telling her kid how cauliflower was too expensive this week, that maybe they would get some next week. Got that? The kid WANTED cauliflower and his mother said they could not afford it...

I am in San Francisco and it seems like business as usual. Businesses are open and hobos are always out and about spending their welfare money. I haven't been to the wharf or any tourist area in san fran in a little while so i don't know how those places are doing. Market street is pretty closed up, although it's a pretty dirty place besides by the embarcadero and union square area. anyways, i got a census job so im stoked even though it's a federal job! work equals money, money equals silver when it hits 15 or 16 bucks an ounce!!! hell ya

I refuse to spell it out directly for you, but there are places that aren't quite booming, but are doing extremely well. Hint, it's got something to do with the nation's addiction to fossil fuels. And we don't like too many strangers around here.

Is there economy left, or has poverty taken over, we are all hurting in all areas of the country, so lets pull together and not let greed run our lives! Economy report for Auto Repair in Mesa, AZ Hang in there make good choices.
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