[countrymomma]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') didn't read the fine print so who knows how many years the lease would have to be signed for but what difference does it make?
Whoever is brave enough or foolish would only last 1 year anyways in today's economy.
I think some of these retail spaces will be converted to residential as American's disposable income drops.

[MrBill]

Low barriers to Entry and EXIT, but it sounds like a lot of those empty malls and parking lots are ripe for new brown field redevelopment. No asbestos, no toxics, no underground contaminents to clean-up. Just raze the place! Thanks for the post! ; - ))

[TheDude]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('criticalmass', 'Y')ou may all find this an interesting sidenote:

While writing an econometrics paper in college (circa 2003) I wrote a statistical regression. ~It was long and sweet~ The end result was a predictor: that entire US economic collapse would happen when we paid equivalent to $7.20 at the pump for gasoline. My father even laughed after he got to see it, stating "not in my lifetime."

Obviously there is a lot more that goes into that regression like % spent on energy per capita, inflation, $BBL and the correlation between them all, and so on: but I think I was a bit off because economic collapse seems to be happening much quicker.

[patience]

The Louisville radio news says Kentucky is taking another look at their highway projects for the coming year. Construction costs have gone up 50% since the projects were planned, forcing the state to consider narrower shoulders, patching and repairing instead of rebuilding, and other cost cutting.

Our roads are going to suffer rather quickly, it seems.

[cube]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('patience', 'T')he Louisville radio news says Kentucky is taking another look at their highway projects for the coming year. Construction costs have gone up 50% since the projects were planned, forcing the state to consider narrower shoulders, patching and repairing instead of rebuilding, and other cost cutting.

Our roads are going to suffer rather quickly, it seems.

[criticalmass]

Dude. I have seen that "doozy." That's what I call a "wall." It's the point when things seem imeasurable on a chart.
We hit it pretty fast, but that's what the market demanded. The tricky part is inferring our position in the global picture with so little information available to the US public.

Also, Dude, "Chinamen" is not the preferred nomenclature

[criticalmass]

Dude. I have seen that "doozy." That's what I call a "wall." It's the point when things seem imeasurable on a chart.
We hit it pretty fast, but that's what the market demanded. The tricky part is inferring our position in the global picture with so little information available to the US public.

Also, Dude, "Chinamen" is not the preferred nomenclature

[yesplease]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('cube', 'S')uburbia will collapse not because we couldn't afford the fuel, but because we couldn't afford to maintain the freeways.

[patience]

A truck driver neighbor came to our shop today for a small steel purchase, saying he just bought a newer used semi truck. His old one blew up the motor, and a rebuild would be $18,000. And, he'd still have a truck with 917,000 miles on it. He bought one a year newer, with only 200,000 miles on it for $25,000. A no-brainer in his situation. He has a fairly good contract hauling to a power plant.

Trucking is suffering a lot from a slowing economy, etc., and thus brought the price of the used truck down to this point. Not too many years ago, the engine rebuild would have been much more competitive he said.

Separately, Louisville is celebrating at the news that Ford will retool their Explorer plant, previously set to be closed, for new small cars. If Ford can stay solvent, that is.