On the homepage of the New York Times this morning was an article about how consumers are reining in their spending. Now, I went to the Mall at Millenia this weekend and if the hoards of people I saw there were "reining in spending" then they must be doing it in packs. It brings me to question the weekend ritual of so many Americans: just going to the mall.
What do you do in high school when you're bored? You go to the mall.
When you're going out but are so over what's in your closet, you go to the mall.
When you're parents are in town for family weekend and you can't find anything to entertain them, you go to the mall.
It seems like an activity that's ingrained in our culture. Have you tried parking at Waterford Lakes on a Saturday? You'd never think people are living in a recession.
Maybe that's part of the problem. Maybe people living on credit and not spending judiciously is one of the reasons we're in this mess to begin with.
Meanwhile, I'm on my way to Target. I don't have class until 1...
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Is there an article to go with this?
I know! Waterford is ALWAYS busy. It doesn't look like people are curbing their spending. As for the Mall at Millenia, they might be more tourists.
But yeah, I wonder if the malls and stores are really an indication of how the economy is doing!
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