PS,
I think you (and we as a group of Piggington’s for that matter) apply what is happening here in SoCal to the rest of country too much. What is going on here and in the rest of Socal is such a small portion of what is happening in the economy as a whole.
Two years ago, when we were humming I was back on the East Coast and went to a shopping mall to have an extended family photo over Thanksgiving Weeekend. It was shocking to me what a ghost town it was. Our economy was racing and theirs was getting crushed. I was back this year and it was booming there also. What is happening here doesnt necessarily happen every where and in reality the complete opposite frequently occurs.