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Anyone else feeling the pinch?
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Yes. Children's bus fares where I am are increasing by 50%. We are cutting back on our meat purchases. I wash clothes in cold water. I don't go for a weekly breve (espresso drink) at my fave place now -- more like a monthly breve.
I drive every third or fourth Sunday to a friend's high-end neighbourhood, where the wee houses go for $700K and the manses $5M+. I noted that three shops we passed by on our last walk were gone.
My neighbourhood has been busy as of late, but we have discount department stores and a Temple of Mass Consumerism along with many strip mall outposts so it's usually busy.